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t - ( 021 ) 403 2910
f - ( 021 ) 461 0092
Post Bag 15
Cape Town
8000
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Joe Seremane : Chairperson
Joe Seremane has been an advocate of Human Rights and Democracy for as
long as he can remember. His first role was that of school teacher in
Bekkersdal, until he was barred from that profession for political
involvement. He was also imprisoned on Robben Island from 1963 to 1969,
before being 'deported' to the then-homeland of Bophuthatswana. He was
further detained without trial from 1976-1978, and several times between
1982 and 1984. He has served Civic Organisations in advocacy and later,
mediation and conflict resolution, he was the Director of Justice and
Reconciliation for the SA Council of Churches, and he has served as a
Chief Land Claims Commissioner. Recognising the need for a strong
opposition party to consolidate democracy in South Africa, he joined the
Democratic Party in 1994. He was elected to the National Council of
Provinces in 1998, and to the National Assembly in 1999. He was elected
Federal Chairperson of the DP in March 2000, thus becoming the founding
chairperson of the Democratic Alliance on its formation.
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