ENG: Patricia de Lille (born 17 February 1951) is the leader of the Independent Democrats, a South African political party which she formed in 2003 when she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during a South African floor-crossing window.
She worked as a laboratory technician in Cape Town and became involved in the South African Chemical Workers Union, being elected to National Executive Member in 1983. In 1988 she was elected as National Vice-President of The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU), the highest position for a woman in the trade union movement at that time. In 1990 she was elected onto the National Executive of the PAC, and led its delegation in the constitutional negotiations that preceded South Africa's first democratic election in 1994. She was appointed ...
ID President Patricia de Lille says the Independent Democrats expects President Jacob Zuma ‘to be candid about the effects of the economic recession, especially on the lives of the poor. ‘It is the poor that will be hardest hit by this recession and President Zuma must show that there is a real preparedness on the part of his government to protect jobs over the short term and provide urgent relief to the poor,' Ms De Lille says. ‘In this regard, the extension of the School Feeding Scheme to high schools and the Child Grant to children up to 18-years needs to be fast tracked. ...
alexasa - in poll Patricia de Lille While former and current SABC board members questioned the motives of the Parliamentary inquiry into the broadcaster's crisis and refused to take questions, ID leader Patricia De Lille told them that they had destroyed the organisation, reports IOL. ANC MP Johnny de Lange was equally critical, saying “There is a corporation running wild out there”, reports news24.com.
24 Jun 2009 07:25
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24.06.2009
alexasa - in poll Patricia de Lille
