Barbara Hogan

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Barbara Hogan, 2010

Barbara Anne Hogan (born February 28, 1952 in Benoni ) is a former South African politician ( African National Congress ) and opponent of apartheid .

Life

Hogan grew up in Benoni and attended the Catholic girls' school St. Dominic's College School in Boksburg . She then studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg , where she obtained a Bachelor in Development Studies . She then did research at the South African Institute of Race Relations .

In 1977, as a result of the Soweto uprising, Hogan joined the ANC, which was illegal at the time and of which she is still a member. Her duties included mobilizing left-wing white South Africans and maintaining contact with ANC members in Botswana . A bomb attack by government agents on Hogan failed because they were preparing the wrong car. She was arrested in 1981, held in solitary confinement for one year and sentenced to ten years in prison in 1982 for treason . In 1990 she was released as part of the legalization of the ANC.

From 1990 to 1992 she was a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC. She also took part in the CODESA talks on the future constitution of South Africa. Hogan became the regional secretary of the ANC office for the Pretoria - Witwatersrand - Vereeniging area. From 1993 she was chairman of the Policy Development department at the Development Bank of Southern Africa .

In 1994 she was elected to the National Assembly. From 1999 to 2004 she was a member of the Parliament's Finance Committee. She was also chair of the Standing Committee on Public Account (such as the “Committee on Public Accountability”) and a member of the Standing Committee of the Auditor-General (such as the Chief Auditor).

From 2003 she got involved in the fight against AIDS : She was part of the advisory committee of the Amandla Aids Fund (AAF). She was also a member of the Council of Robben Island Museum .

In September 2008 she appointed President Kgalema Motlanthe as Minister of Health in his cabinet. She replaced Manto Tshabalala-Msimang . In May 2009, after Jacob Zuma took over the presidency , she moved to the Ministry of Public Enterprises. Among other things, she achieved that plans to build a nuclear high-temperature reactor with German technology assistance were stopped. Zuma fired her in October 2010; at the same time, Hogan renounced her mandate. As a result, Hogan spoke out against Zuma's policies several times, including in 2015 after the dismissal of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene .

Hogan was in a relationship with Ahmed Kathrada from around 1990 . At Kathrada's funeral in Johannesburg in March 2017, she forbade Zuma to attend; at another funeral she gave a speech in which she sharply attacked Zuma.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g portrait at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on April 2, 2017
  2. ↑ Comrade Barbara, we salute you. Mail & Guardian, November 8, 2010, accessed March 28, 2017
  3. ↑ The good and bad of Zuma's reshuffle - DA (2010) at politicsweb.co.za (English), accessed on April 2, 2017
  4. ↑ Tower of strength Kathrada has fallen. news24.com of March 28, 2017 (English), accessed March 30, 2017
  5. ^ Hogan slams Zuma at Kathrada memorial. enca.com from April 1, 2017 (English), accessed on April 2, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Hogan, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hogan, Barbara Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Benoni