Former Premier

Personal

• Date of Birth: 1952
• Marital Status: Married

Positions last Held

• Premier of the North West Province (1994).
• Chairperson of the ANC in the North West Province.
• Member of the ANC National Executive Committee (1991).
• Member of the ANC National Working Commitee (1991).

Academic Qualifications

• While incarcerated he enrolled for a Degree in Comunication at the University of South Africa.
• Certificate for Conflict Resolution at Harvard University (1990).
• Diploma from the Wharton School of Economics.
• Studied with UNISA and the London School of Economics.

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Joined the Black Peoples Convention (1973).
• Joined the South African Student's Movement (SASM).
• Detained for seven months in 1976.
• Founding member of AZAPO-Chairperson of Soweto Branch (1979- 1980).
• Leading member of the Soweto Students' Representative Council and member of the Committee of Ten during the Soweto Rebellion (1982- 1984).
• Arrested in 1981 and 1984.
• A key figure in the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) (1983).
• National Secretary for the UDF (1983).
• Involved in a trial when 22 activists were arrested and charged with terrorism, high treason, subversion, five counts of murder and promoting the aims and objectives of a banned organisation (primarily the ANC) (1985).
• Received 10-year jail sentence in 1988, but released on appeal in 1989.
• Became Deputy Chairperson of the ANC's Pretoria/Witwatersrand/Vaal region after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990.
• Key member of the reception committee for Mr Mandela's release (1990).
• Played a crucial role in building ANC structures (1991- 1992).
• Appointed Chairperson of the 80th anniversary celebration of the ANC.
• Deputy Head of the National Organising Department of the ANC.
• Head of the ANC's Election Department (June 1992).