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Essop Pahad (Essop Goolam Pahad) was born on 21 June, 1939 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa, is a South African politician (1939–2023). Discover Essop Pahad's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As Essop Goolam Pahad
Occupation N/A
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 21 June 1939
Birthday 21 June
Birthplace Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa
Date of death 6 July, 2023
Died Place Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Parents Amina Pahad (mother)
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Children 2

Essop Pahad Net Worth

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1924

The title of his thesis was "The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa 1924 – 1946."

He was the brother of Aziz Pahad.

1939

Essop Goolam Pahad (21 June 1939 – 6 July 2023) was a South African politician.

1958

His political career began in 1958 when he became a member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress.

1962

In 1962, Pahad was arrested for organising an illegal strike, following the banning of the African National Congress.

1964

In December 1964, Pahad was banned for five years and went into exile.

While in exile, Pahad became more actively involved with the ANC and the SACP.

He represented the SACP on the editorial council for the World Marxist Review.

1994

After the 1994 South African general election, Pahad served as the Parliamentary Counsellor to then-Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.

1999

He served as the Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to 2008, and was a close ally of Thabo Mbeki.

Pahad was born in Schweizer-Reneke in what was then the Transvaal Province.

He was an alumnus of both the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Sussex.

He started his academic career with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at Wits.

At the University of Sussex, he completed a Master of Arts in African politics as well as his PhD in history.

He was appointed the Minister in the Presidency after the 1999 general election.

2000

In 2000, it was reported that at a closed session of the ANC's governance committee Pahad tried to squash an inquiry into corruption in the Arms Deal, an accusation that Pahad denied despite numerous reports to the contrary.

Pahad was also involved in raising R1.55 million from corporate sponsors to hire Ronald Suresh Roberts to write a biography of then President Mbeki.

2008

After Mbeki's resignation as President of South Africa in September 2008, Pahad submitted his resignation as Minister.

After leaving government in 2008, Pahad launched a South African monthly (later quarterly) journal named The Thinker, which was later taken over by the University of Johannesburg in 2019.

Pahad died of cancer on 6 July 2023, at the age of 84, and his funeral was attended by a number of high profile ANC figures, including Acting President of South Africa Paul Mashatile.

He was buried alongside Jessie Duarte and Ebrahim Ebrahim.

2010

Pahad was a member of the Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, and claimed in 2008 that South African whites wanted the event to be a failure.

An independent survey by Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) reported in January 2010 that South African whites in fact generally supported the event.

Pahad was filmed attending the wedding of Vega Gupta and Aakash Jahajgarhia an event which sparked the so-called Guptagate scandal in South Africa.

Pahad was the board chairman of South Africa/Mali Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust as well as chairman of the board of trustees for the South African Democracy Education Trust, and a member of the national executive committee of the African National Congress.