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Former minister in the presidency Essop Pahad has passed away. He was 84-years-old.<\/p>\n
Pahad had served in government for many years before he left after former president Thabo Mbeki was recalled in 2008.<\/p>\n
He had served as a member of the ANC in Parliament after the 1994 elections.<\/p>\n
He was Mbeki\u2019s parliamentary counsellor and was appointed minister in the presidency when Mbeki assumed the presidency in 1999.<\/p>\n
He was also a member of the ANC National Executive Committee and member of the SACP for years.<\/p>\n
Pahad was 84 years at the time of his passing.<\/p>\n
Pahad joined the struggle from a young age and he went into exile years later.<\/p>\n
He was born in Schweizer-Reneke in what is now the North West province.<\/p>\n
He studied at Wits University and Sussex.<\/p>\n
But his political career began when he was involved with the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress in the late 1950s.<\/p>\n
After a few years he went into exile where he joined his other comrades during the fight for freedom.<\/p>\n
siyabonga.mkhwanazi@inl.co.za<\/p>\n
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