Allan Hendrickse

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Helenard "Allan" Joe Hendrickse (born October 22, 1927 in Uitenhage , Cape Province , South Africa , † March 16, 2005 in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape Province, South Africa) was a South African politician ( Labor Party ).

biography

Hendrickse grew up as the fifth of seven siblings; his father Charles Hendrickse was a preacher at the United Congregational Church in Uitenhage. After studying at Fort Hare University , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a diploma in theology , Allan Hendrickse later worked as a teacher and preacher in the same church in Uitenhage.

Hendrickse became Chairman of the Labor Party in 1970 . He was elected a member of the Colored Representative Council and became a member of its executive in 1975. In January 1978 he became a member of the interim committee that was formed to establish the South African Black Alliance (SABA). This connected the parties Labor Party, Inkatha Freedom Party , Inyandza and Indian Reform Party . He was of the opinion that constitutional agreements could not be regarded as final or as a guarantee of peace and security if they did not involve and take into account the Coloreds. In 1978 he replaced Sonny Leon as chairman of the Labor Party.

In 1983 he campaigned successfully at a party conference in Eshowe for participation in the elections for the second chamber ( House of Representatives ), the Colored, as part of the newly created three-chamber parliament . In the elections on August 22, 1984, he was elected as a representative of the constituency of Swartkops . Hendrickse received 8,020 votes, the highest individual result among the LP candidates. The Labor Party won 76 of the 80 directly eligible seats in these elections. Hendrickse also became chairman of the chamber. President Pieter Willem Botha appointed him chairman of the ministers ' council of this chamber and minister without portfolio in the government cabinet . He took up the latter post on September 17th.

In 1987 he caused a stir when he took a bath on a beach that was forbidden to non-whites ; then he apologized. In August 1987, he threatened to block constitutional changes announced by the ruling National Party (NP), which provided for the exclusion of general parliamentary elections for another three years. He also rejected the offer made by the National Party to relax the so-called Group Areas Act . The Labor Party subsequently rejected further constitutional concessions from the NP and pushed for general elections to be held in 1989.

In the parliamentary elections in 1989, Hendrickse was re-elected as a member of the Swartkops constituency and led the LP to win again in the House of Representatives. In 1992, however, it lost influence when a number of members of the Labor Party joined the National Party after it implemented extensive reforms in 1990 and lifted the ban on the African National Congress (ANC). As a result, his political opponent Jac Rabie became the new leader of the House of Representatives of the Coloreds.

A little later, Hendrickse himself joined the ANC, was elected as its representative in the 1994 elections as a member of the Senate and was a member of the Senate until he retired from politics in 1996. He then worked again as a preacher in the United Congregational Church.

Handrickse married Patricia Herber in 1957, with whom he had four children. He died of a myocardial infarction at Port Elizabeth Airport .

Honors

Web links

  • Entry at rulers.org (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Allan Henrickse dies suddenly. news24.com (English), accessed November 9, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d e Liz McGregor: Guardian Obituaries: The Rev Allan Hendrickse. The Guardian, March 21, 2005, accessed November 8, 2018
  3. ↑ 1984 House of Representatives Election. africanelections.tripod.com, accessed November 13, 2018
  4. ^ SAIRR : Race Relations Survey 1984 . Johannesburg 1985. pp. 128, 133, 135
  5. ↑ a b The Presidency: Portrait at thepresidency.gov.za (English), accessed on November 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hendrickse, Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hendrickse, Helenard Joe (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Uitenhage , Cape Province , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2005
Place of death Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape Province, South Africa