Nyameko Barney Pityana

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Nyameko Barney Pityana (born August 7, 1945 in Uitenhage ) is a South African human rights lawyer and theologian .

Life

Pityana visited with the help of a scholarship to Lovedale -Missionsschule at Alice . There he developed an interest in politics in high school and joined the African National Congress Youth League , the youth wing of the African National Congress . In 1963 he was expelled from school after Afrikaans -speaking teachers had been hired there, who ensured a conservative climate and Pityana had massively criticized the inequality of the educational system vis-à-vis the Bantu and apartheid . After graduating from Newell High School in Port Elizabeth with the Matric , he enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare in 1966 . At this university Pityana intensified his political activities, especially with various Christian organizations. He was the founder of the University Christian Movement and, together with Steve Biko , co-founder of the South African Students' Organization (SASO) and the Black Consciousness Movement . Due to his political commitment, he was in 1969 relegated .

Between 1973 and 1978 Pityana lived under strict observation by the South African apartheid government, was banned several times and finally expelled from the country. He was imprisoned for 18 weeks for violating the ban order. In 1976 he was at the University of South Africa to the Bachelor of Laws make 1978 he went into exile to Britain . At King's College London , he graduated in 1981 with the honors degree in theology. In Oxford , Pityana trained as an Anglican priest at Ripon Cuddesdon College and was ordained . He served as a parish pastor in Milton Keynes and Birmingham for several years .

In exile, Pityana campaigned against apartheid and took a leading role in the organization of international resistance. From 1988 to 1992 he was chairman of the World Council of Churches' Program to Combat Racism in Geneva . In 1993 he returned to South Africa to continue his work in theology and human rights, eventually obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town. in Religious Studies (such as: Theology).

In 1995 he was appointed chairman of the South African Human Rights Commission , and in 1997 he was elected chairman of the Africa Commission on Human and People's Rights of the Harare- based Organization for African Unity . In 2001 Pityana was elected Vice Chancellor of the University of South Africa , he held the office from the beginning of 2002 to the end of 2010. Since 2005 Pityana has been chairman of Higher Education South Africa (HESA, now Universities South Africa , the member organization of South African universities).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Presidency: Barney Pityana (1945-) . at www.thepresidency.gov.za (English), accessed March 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Article Pityana, Nyameko Barney. In: South African History Online , accessed November 5, 2011.
  3. ^ SAIRR : A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1973 . Johannesburg 1974, here: Measures for security and the control of persons. BANNING ORDERS ON PERSONS , pp. 58–59 (PDF; 3.6 MB), accessed on November 5, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Nyameko Pityana ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Who's Who Southern Africa, accessed on November 5, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whoswhosa.co.za
  5. ↑ Veliswa Mhlope: Professor Nyameko Barney Pityana: Human Rights extraordinaire . at www.ru.ac.za (English, download link)
  6. ↑ Universities South Africa: Welcome to USAF . on www.usaf.ac.za (English)
personal data
SURNAME Pityana, Nyameko Barney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pityana, Barney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African human rights lawyer and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Uitenhage , Eastern Cape, South Africa