Pallo Jordan
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan | |
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Valli Moosa | |
Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services. | |
In office 1994–1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Zweledinga Pallo Jordan 22 May 1942 Free State |
Citizenship | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Parent(s) | Archibald Campbell Jordan Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan |
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan (born 22 May 1942) is a South African politician. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, and was a cabinet minister from 1994 until 2009.
Early life
Jordan is the son of the academics Archibald Campbell Jordan and Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan. Like his parents, Jordan was active in the Non-European Unity Movement against apartheid. He then joined the ANC and went into exile, studying in Britain and the United States.[1]
Political career
Jordan worked for the ANC in London and in African states. In 1982 he narrowly escaped the detonation of the letter bomb which the apartheid regime had sent to Ruth First and killed her.[2]
In 1985, he was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC). He served as administrative secretary of the NEC Secretariat (1985–1988), on the NEC's Strategy and Tactics Committee as
Jordan returned to
In 1994, he was
From 1999 to 2004, he served as Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National Assembly. After the 2004 National Elections, Jordan was appointed Minister of Arts and Culture by President Thabo Mbeki, a post he held from April 2004 to May 2009.[1]
In the
2009 scandal
He studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States and at the London School of Economics (LSE). His official biographies, but a newspaper investigation revealed that he did not complete his degree at Wisconsin–Madison.[5][6] On 11 August 2014, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe announced that Jordan had resigned from Parliament and apologised to the ruling party after reports that his qualifications were false.[7] The ANC statement also revealed that Jordan had resigned from the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC and from the ANC.[7] At the same time, Jordan was fired from his position as a Business Day columnist because he failed to submit his weekly column for the publication.[6] The ANC's Chief Whip in Parliament Stone Sizani said that with or without academic qualifications Jordan remains a source of pride for the party.[7][8]
References
- ^ South African History Online
- ^ a b Miracle Rising: South Africa, History Channel
- Who's Who SA
- ^ Dr Pallo Jordan Primary School, southafricaschools.co.za; accessed 28 October 2015.
- ^ Pallo Jordan not a doctor - claim, News24, 4 August 2014
- ^ Times Live, 4 August 2014
- ^ a b c Shamed, Pallo Jordan resigns, Independent Online, 11 August 2014
- ^ "'Dr' Pallo Jordan: Why I did it".
External links
- Government biography
- Pallo Jordan - ANC Biography (archived link)
- Zweledinga Pallo Jordan at People's Assembly