ENG: Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (born 1955-07-25 in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape) is a South African Member of Parliament and president of the United Democratic Movement.
Holomisa joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976 and had become a Brigadier by 1985. He overthrew Prime Minister Stella Sigcau in 1987 and was the Transkei's head of state from 1987 to 1994.
In 1994 Holomisa was elected to the African National Congress National Executive Committee, and was the Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism of South Africa. After testifying at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission he was expelled from the ANC on 1996-09-30.
He co-founded the UDM in 1997 with Roelf Meyer, and was elected to parliament in 1999.
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6 November 2008
Two more SABC board members have resigned, leaving one last member standing, SABC news reported on Wednesday.Alison Gillwald remains the last member of the board, after Gloria Serobe and Khanyisiwe Mkonza stepped down.Businesswoman Serobe announced her resignation from the board during a parliamentary committee inquiry on Wednesday."From the end of September I will not be in a position to perform any of my duties," Serobe told the committee, which was attended by Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda."At 50, I am sure I can still do more somewhere else."At the inquiry Gillwald insisted: ...
cici - in poll Bantu Holomisa On September 30 1996, Bantubonke Holomisa was expelled from the ANC by unanimous decision of the National Executive Committee. Holomisa had been an ANC member for a very brief period, joining our organisation in 1994. Yet, in that year, he had emerged from the December National Conference as one of the most popular of our leaders. And now, just over two years later, he is out in the cold. What went wrong? What lessons can we draw as the ANC from the rapid rise and fall of Holomisa? Was this outcome inevitable?What responsibility, if any, do we have collectively, as the ANC? Was our December ...
parass - in poll Bantu Holomisa
