Essop Pahad is born
Essop Pahad
Date: 21 June, 1939
Dr Essop Goolam Pahad, Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, was born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal (now North-West Province). He carries out a wide range of political duties as designated by the President and has 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 and the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). The minister is also on the Board of the SA 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee. Pahad is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and its National Executive Council (NEC). Click here to read a thesis on the development of Indian political movements in South Africa, 1924-1946 by Essop Pahad.
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