Zola Skweyiya
| Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya | |
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| South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| In office September 2009 – February 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Lindiwe Mabuza |
| Succeeded by | Obed Mlaba |
| Minister of Social Development | |
| In office 1999–2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Edna Molewa |
| Minister of Public Service and Administration | |
| In office 1994–1999 |
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| Succeeded by | Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1942 Simon's Town, South Africa |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya (born 14 April 1942 – 11 April 2018) was a South African politician who was Minister of Public Service and Administration from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Social Development from 1999 to 2009. Skweyiya was re-elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress in 2007.
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Services
Since his return from exile in 1990, he has directed the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs. He has helped to set up the Centre for Development Studies and the South African Legal Defence Fund, both at the University of the Western Cape. Skweyiya also served on the board of trustees of the National Commission for the Rights of Children. He was also elected as president of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations.
Skweyiya was first elected to Parliament in 1994, and he joined the Cabinet as Minister of Public Service and Administration in the same year. He was moved to the position of Minister of Social Development under President Thabo Mbeki in 1999. After 15 years in the Cabinet and Parliament, his retirement from both was announced on 6 May 2009, following the April 2009 general election. As a result, he was not sworn in for the new parliamentary term. He did not leave politics altogether, however; he remained a member of the ANC National Executive Committee[1] and on 7 May 2009 the party announced that he would have a new post working at the ANC Presidency. According to ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe, Skweyiya voluntarily chose to leave parliamentary politics, "contrary to current speculative and surreptitious commentary". He praised Skweyiya's "immense skill and expertise" and said that the ANC still wanted to make use of his abilities.[2]
He was appointed by President Jacob Zuma as the South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in September 2009.[3]
Death
Skweyiya died at a Pretoria hospital on 11 April 2018 at the age of 75.[4]
References
- ↑ "Skweyiya set to retire", Sapa (IOL), 6 May 2009.
- ↑ "Skweyiya deployed to ANC Presidency", Sapa (IOL), 7 May 2009.
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- 1942 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Simon's Town
- Xhosa people
- African National Congress politicians
- Government ministers of South Africa
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- High Commissioners of South Africa to the United Kingdom
