Other: Gardening, swimming, watching sport, reading and writing, golf. When I have time which is rare, so all I do regurlaly is watch some sport on TV.
Positions last held in government
Minister for Intelligence Services of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004.
Member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since December 1986.
Academic Qualifications
Matriculated at King Edward VII High School.
Completed various Military Courses in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to rank of Brigadier.
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
Film script writer, Johannesburg (1958 - 1960).
TV and film director for Lever Brothers advertising division, Durban (1960 - 1962).
Joined the African National Congress (ANC) (1960).
Secretary of ANC-aligned Congress of Democrats in Natal (1961).
Founder member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) as member of Natal Regional Command (1961).
Commander of Natal Regional Command (1963).
Completed a general military course and specialist course in military engineering in Odessa (1963).
Served ANC for 27 years, based in London, Luanda, Maputo, Swaziland, Botswana and Lusaka.
Member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)'s High Command.
Chief of MK Intelligence after completing specialist course to the rank of Brigadier in former USSR (1983).
Served on ANC's Politico-Military Council (1985 - 1989).
Worked underground for the ANC in South Africa on Operation Vula (1990 - 1991).
Headed the ANC's Campaign Section (1991 - 1994).
Member of the Transitional Executive Council's (TEC) Sub-Council on Defence (1994).
Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Africa (24 June 1994 - 16 June 1999).
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry of the Republic of South Africa (1999 - 2004).
Research/Presentations/Awards/Decorations/Bursaries and Publications
Has written several books on Bertrand Russel, poetry, articles on Politics,Intelligence, Defence, Water and Forestry issues.
Armed and Dangerous, an autobiography (1993), updated and re-published in 1998 and 2004.
