Books By Essop Pahad - Author

Essop Goolam Pahad held a BA in Political Science from the University of Witwatersrand, an MA in African Politics and a PhD in History from University of Sussex. He was a long-standing member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC and the Central Committee and Politbureau of the SACP. Essop was Minister in the Presidency of South Africa from 1999 to 2008, heading the Government Communications and Information System. He was responsible for co-ordinating inter-ministerial activities in support of youth, women, children and persons with disabilities. He was also Chair of the Board of the South African Democracy Education Trust from 2000, the Board of the SA/Mali Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust from 2003, and an Executive Board member of the SA 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee from 2004. Dr Pahad was a distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg.