Education Ministers of South Africa - Blade Nzimande, Kader Asmal, Naledi Pandor, Minister of Education (Paperback)

Chapters: Blade Nzimande, Kader Asmal, Naledi Pandor, Minister of Education, Minister of Higher Education and Training, Minister of Basic Education, Sibusiso Bengu, Angie Motshekga. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dr Bonginkosi Emmanuel "Blade" Nzimande (born April 14, 1958) is a South African politician and current Minister for Higher Education and Training. He has been the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party since 1998. He has a doctorate degree in philosophy specialising in sociology. Dr. Nzimande was born in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, on 14 April 1958. "Blade" Nzimande was one of the three children of Nozipho Alice and Phillip Sphambano, a Shangaan herbalist from Mozambique. Nzimande attended the Roman Catholic School, Henryville, and then Plessiers Lower Primary School before going to Mthethomusha School in Edendale, the first school in the area established under the new Bantu education system. He matriculated in 1975 at Georgetown High, Edendale. While at school participated in youth clubs which were gatherings for cultural and sporting events, and were not particularly political in nature. He first became politically aware when Harry Gwala was released from Robben Island prison in 1973 and this was widely discussed in his community. In 1976 Nzimande enrolled at the University of Zululand to study towards a BA degree, majoring in Public Administration and Psychology. He became involved in student activity, including a food boycott and demonstrations against the award of an honorary doctorate to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi in May 1976. During that time the Black Consciousness-oriented South African Students' Organization (SASO) was prominent on campus, but Nzimande's political views later shifter towards the Congress ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1216785