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Ronnie Kasrils (Ronald Kasrils) was born on 15 November, 1938 in Yeoville, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, is a South African politician (born 1938). Discover Ronnie Kasrils'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 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 15 November 1938
Birthday 15 November
Birthplace Yeoville, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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1938

Ronald Kasrils (born 15 November 1938) is a South African politician, Marxist revolutionary, guerrilla and military commander.

1958

He subsequently became a scriptwriter for films in Johannesburg from 1958 to 1960 before accepting a position as a television and film director for Lever Brothers' advertising division in Durban from 1960 to 1962.

1960

The Sharpeville massacre radicalised Kasrils against the apartheid system and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1960, becoming secretary of the Congress of Democrats in Natal in 1961, the same year he joined the South African Communist Party.

1962

In 1962, he received a five-year banning order prohibiting him from public speaking.

He was a founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) as member of Natal Regional Command during the same year.

1963

He became the commander of Natal Regional Command in 1963.

1964

He underwent military training in 1964 in Odessa, USSR and at the end of 1965 was sent to London to work for the movement there.

1966

During this time Kasrils worked with Yusuf Dadoo, Joe Slovo and Jack Hodgson and they formed a special committee (1966–76) to develop underground activities in South Africa from the United Kingdom.

During this time he trained various people including Raymond Suttner, Jeremy Cronin, Ahmed Timol, Alex Moumbaris, Tim Jenkin, and Dave and Sue Rabkin, with the aim of establishing underground propaganda units in South Africa.

He served the ANC and was based in London, Luanda, Maputo, Swaziland, Botswana, Lusaka and Harare.

1967

He has participated in events in the Palestinian territories with all elected Palestinian parties and endorses a two-state solution premised on the 1967 borders.

1983

Kasrils eventually became a member of MK's High Command and was appointed as Chief of MK Intelligence in 1983.

1985

Kasrils also served on the ANC's Politico-Military Council from 1985 to 1989 and worked underground for the ANC in South Africa during Operation Vula from 1990 to 1991.

1987

He was a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1987 to 2007 as well as a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from December 1986 to 2007.

1991

He went on to head the ANC's campaign section from 1991 to 1994.

1992

On 7 September 1992, about 80,000 protesters from the ANC gathered outside Bisho in the Bantustan of Ciskei in South Africa to demand the resignation of Ciskei leader Oupa Gqozo and the reincorporation of Ciskei into South Africa.

The protest was led by senior ANC leaders including South African Communist Party Secretary General Chris Hani, Cyril Ramaphosa, Steve Tshwete and Ronnie Kasrils.

The Ciskei government banned the marchers from entering Bisho.

Kasrils led an unarmed group in an attempt to break through the Ciskei Defence Force lines to enter Bisho.

Ciskei Defence Force soldiers opened fire on the marchers with automatic weapons, killing 28 marchers and injuring over 200.

A member of the Ciskei Defence Force was also killed, although this was the result of being shot by another member of the Force.

More than 425 rounds were fired, the first fusillade lasting one-and-a-half minutes, and the second lasting a minute.

The Goldstone Commission was tasked with investigating the massacre.

The Commission noted there was no evidence to suggest the demonstrators had fired shots, as suggested by Gqozo and condemned the Ciskei leader for banning the protest.

The Commission criticised Kasrils for leading marchers to try to enter Bisho.

1994

After the first fully democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, Kasrils became a member of the Transitional Executive Council's (TEC) Sub-Council on Defence.

He was appointed as Deputy Minister of Defence on 24 June 1994, a post which he held until 16 June 1999.

1999

He was also the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry from 1999 to 2004 and was appointed as Minister of Intelligence Services in 2004.

2001

He gained international attention after penning a "Declaration of Conscience by South Africans of Jewish Descent" in 2001 against Israeli policies in the occupied territories.

2004

He was Minister for Intelligence Services from 27 April 2004 to 25 September 2008.

2006

In a two-part essay "David and Goliath: Who is Who in the Middle East" published in the ANC's theoretical journal Umrabulo in late 2006 and early 2007, Kasrils outlined a history of Israel-Palestine since 1948 very critical of Israeli governments and military actions.

Parts of the essay were published in the Mail&Guardian in a summarised form under the title "Rage of the Elephant: Israel in Lebanon."

2008

Following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki in September 2008, Kasrils was among those members of the Cabinet who submitted their resignations on 23 September.

Kasrils is known for his strong criticisms of the government of Israel and for his sympathies towards Palestinian political struggles.

2019

Kasrils' grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania who fled from Czarist pogroms at the end of the 19th century.

He is the son of Rene (born Cohen) and Isidore Kasrils.

His father was a factory salesman.

His mother worked as a shop assistant prior to her marriage.

Through his mother, he is related to the activist Jacqueline Arenstein.

Kasrils matriculated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg.