Ministry for Welfare, Population and Development

Dr ZST Skweyiya

Speeches / Statements

Pretoria
Private Bag X885
PRETORIA
0001

Hallmark Building
Room 501
226 Vermeulen Street
PRETORIA

Tel: (012) 328 4600
Fax: (012) 325 7071

Cape Town
Private Bag X9153
CAPE TOWN
8000

120 Plein Street
Room 1040
CAPE TOWN

Tel: (021) 465 4011
Fax: (021) 465 4469

Private Secretary:
Ms Theresa Smal

Tel: (012) 312 7636
Fax: (012) 321 2502
E-mail: wels185@welspta.pwv.gov.za

Personal

• Date of birth: 14 April 1942, Cape Town
• Marital status: Married, one child
• Pastimes: Keen follower and supporter of sport, especially soccer, rugby and cricket

Academic Qualifications

• Started school in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth and later continued at Retreat, Cape Town
• Obtained junior and senior certificates at Lovedale High School, Alice
• LL D, University of Leipzig (1978)

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

• Participated in school boycotts against the introduction of Bantu education
• Joined the ANC (1956)
• Active member of the ANC at Fort Hare
• Mobilised support among the people for Umkonto We Sizwe (MK) when Nelson Mandela went overseas to seek military training facilities for the ANC
• Left South Africa for military training
• Worked for the ANC in various offices and capacities
• Set up the ANC office in Addis Ababa
• Represented the ANC at the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) (1982 - 1985)
• Recalled to Lusaka to set up the ANC Legal and Constitutional Department (1985)
• Chairperson of the ANC Constitution Committee
• Represented the ANC at the Annual UN Commission for Human Rights (1984 - 1993)
• Returned from exile (1990)
• Member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ANC
• Member of the ANC Negotiations Commission
• Co-ordinator of the ANC Civil Service Unit
• Assisted in setting up the Centre for Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape and the South African Legal Defence Fund
• Serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Commission for the Rights of Children
• Minister for the Public Service and Administration in the South African Government (1994 - 16 June 1999)

Current position

• Minister for the Welfare and Population Development in the South African Government (since 17 June 1999)

 Source: Ministry for the Public Service and Administration, 13 September 1996