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Mac Maharaj (Sathyandranath Ragunanan Maharaj) was born on 22 April, 1936 in Newcastle, Natal, Union of South Africa, is a South African politician. Discover Mac Maharaj'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 87 years old?

Popular As Sathyandranath Ragunanan Maharaj
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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 22 April 1936
Birthday 22 April
Birthplace Newcastle, Natal, Union of South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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1936

Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj OLS (born 22 April 1936 in Newcastle, Natal) is a retired South African politician, businessman, and former anti-apartheid activist.

1964

In July 1964, Maharaj was arrested in Johannesburg, charged and convicted with four others including Laloo Chiba and Wilton Mkwayi on charges of sabotage in the little Rivonia Trial, and was imprisoned on Robben Island with Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and other revolutionary prisoners.

1976

In prison he secretly transcribed parts of Mandela's memoir Long Walk to Freedom and smuggled it out of the prison in 1976.

During his time in prison, Maharaj completed a B.Admin, an MBA and the second year of a B.Sc degree before his release on 8 December 1976.

After being released from the Robben Island prison in 1976, Maharaj was deployed by the ANC to Zambia in 1977.

1985

He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the ANC in 1985.

1988

From 1988 to 1990 Maharaj worked underground in South Africa as part of the ANC's Operation Vula, which was a project to infiltrate the ANC's top leaders back into South Africa.

During this time Maharaj worked with Schabir Shaik's two brothers, Yunis Shaik and Moe Shaik, also members of the ANC.

Maharaj reported to the then ANC intelligence chief Jacob Zuma.

1994

A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was the first post-apartheid Minister of Transport from 1994 to 1999.

He was later the official spokesperson to the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.

Maharaj was a political activist and member of the then banned South African Communist Party, who worked in a clandestine manner on anti-apartheid activities with Nelson Mandela.

He was appointed South Africa's new Minister of Transport on 11 May 1994, a post he kept until the general election of 1999.

1997

Six months later, in March 1997, the same Swiss account received a further $100,000 from Schabir Shaik.

1999

After the national elections of 1999, Mac Maharaj stepped down from politics, then joined FirstRand Bank as its highest paid non-executive director.

2003

In February 2003 the South African newspaper, The Sunday Times, published allegations that Mac Maharaj and his wife Zarina had received more than R500,000 between May 1998 and February 1999 from a businessman, Schabir Shaik, who had shared in two multi-million rand contracts awarded by the Ministry of Transport whilst Maharaj was Minister.

In August 2003 Maharaj resigned from FirstRand Bank following the media furor around the allegations of corruption.

2005

In 2005, he joined the faculty of Bennington College in Vermont, USA.

2007

In March 2007 the South African newspaper, City Press, published allegations that Maharaj's wife Zarina opened a Swiss bank account in 1996, and two days after opening it, received over $100,000 into the account from Schabir Shaik.

2011

On 6 July 2011 he was appointed by President Jacob Zuma as his Spokesperson with immediate effect.

In November 2011 the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian attempted to publish further allegations about both Mac and Zarina Maharaj, in relation to their interviews by prosecutors in 2003, but did not do so after Mac Maharaj laid criminal charges against the newspaper for allegedly infringing the laws protecting the secrecy of the 2003 prosecutor interviews.

Maharaj has never been charged by South African prosecutors supposedly because it would have been difficult to prove that Maharaj had corrupt intentions when he and his wife received money from Schabir Shaik.