Essop Pahad is the Former Minister in the Presidency of Republic of South Africa (1999 - 2008). The former minister launched a new intellectual monthly journal in South Africa (in 2009), called The Thinker and with contributions by leading writers from India. He is on the Board of Directors for the Fifa 2010 World Cup LOC.
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Current Position(s)
Member of the Board - South Africa 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee
(2004 - present)
Chairman - Board of the South Africa/Mali Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust
(2003 - present)
Chairman - Board of Trustees, South African Democracy Education Trust
(2000 - present)
Member of Parliament - African National Congress: National Assembly
(1994 - present)
Council Member - Regional Command, African National Congress Political and Military Council, London
Member of the Central Committee - South African Communist Party
Previous Position(s)
Minister - Presidency
(1999 - 2008)
Deputy Minister - Office of Executive Department President
(1996 - 1999)
Member - African National Congress National Executive Committee
(1994 - 2007)
Parliamentary Councillor to the Deputy President - Republic of South Africa, South Africa
(1994 - 1996)
Member - South African Communist Party Representative, Editorial Council of World Marxist Review
(1975 - 1985)
Executive Committee Member - Transvaal Indian Congress
(1962 - 1964)
Executive Committee Member - Sec, Transvaal Indian Youth Congress
(1958 - 1964)
Higher Education
Degree - Sussex University, United Kingdom
Master of Arts
Degree - University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Arts
Degree - Sussex University, United Kingdom
Doctor of Philosophy
High School Education
Family
Marital Status: Single Sons: 1 Daughters: 1
Noteworthy Events/Interesting Facts
After the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) he was part of Transvaal Indian Youth Congress volunteers, producing and distributing ANC pamphlets and posters (1960 - 1963).
He was banned for 5 years and went into exile on December 1964. In exile he served on leadership structures of the African National Party and South African Communist Party. In this period he graduated from the Institute of Social Science in Moscow an
He returned to South Africa in 1990.
As Minister in the Presidency of South Africa he had specific responsibility for: the Office on the Rights of the Child (ORC), Office on the Status of Disabled People (OSPD), Office on the Status of Women (OSW), the National Youth Commission, Govern
Achievements
Numerous articles -
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Activities
Member - Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) Executive Committee
(1958 - 1964)
Secretary - Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) Executive Committee
Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
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Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
Sometimes I wonder just who the establishment thinks it’s kidding? Take this advent of a generation of mining and commodities barons with the surnames Zuma and Mandela.
