ENG: Dr Pieter Mulder is a South African politician and the leader of the Freedom Front Plus.
He was born on 26 July 1951 and grew up in Randfontein and Cape Town. He completed his high school education at the Riebeeck High School in Randfontein, where he was headboy and Victor Ludorum in athletics. The son of former cabinet minister Connie Mulder, the young Mulder first worked as a lecturer at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, before being promoted to head of the university's communications department. He represented the town of Potchefstroom in Parliament since 1988.
Prior to South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, Mulder co-founded the Freedom Front with General Constand Viljoen, a former head of the South African Defence Force. During the ...
"Back to the basics" was the overarching impression of President Zuma's first State of the Nation Address. Where government had in the past denied problems such as crime, Zimbabwe and HIV/Aids and had gotten stuck in ideological debates, President Zuma identified core problems and made proposals as to how it could be addressed. This includes issues such as crime, corruption, poor health services, education, poverty etc. The impression was created that new management with new ideas is now in charge. If there is however also not renewal in the public service, many of these proposals will only ...
Speech by Dr Pieter Mulder MP, Freedom Front Plus leader, in the debate on the presidency's budget vote, parliament, June 24 2009. The economy shed 179 000 jobs in the first quarter. The second quarter is likely to be as bad. Indeed not a good time to be elected as a president. Why in these difficult times are there many workers striking and threatening to bring the country economically to a stop? The medical doctors and some workers have good reasons to be unhappy. In contrast, other workers are striking to abuse the Confederations Cup Tournament or the 2010 Soccer World Cup for selfish ...
