Bantu Holomisa
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Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa[1] (born 25 July 1955[1][2]) is a South African Member of Parliament[1] and President of the United Democratic Movement.[2]
Holomisa was born in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape.[1] He joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976[1] and had become a Brigadier by 1985.[1][3] He overthrew Prime Minister Stella Sigcau[4] in 1987 and was the Transkei's head of government from 1987 to 1994.[1]
In 1994 Holomisa was elected to the African National Congress National Executive Committee,[1][2] and was the Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism of South Africa.[1][5] After testifying at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission he was expelled from the ANC[5] on 30 September 1996.[6]
He co-founded the UDM in 1997[5] with Roelf Meyer,[7] and was elected to parliament in 1999.[1][5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "General Bantubonke Harrington "Bantu" Holomisa (profile)". Who's who of Southern Africa. 24.com. http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=950. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ^ a b c "Holomisa, H. Bantubonke (Bantu) - co-founder and president of United Democratic Movement". Contemporary African Database. The Africa Centre. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20061004120330/http://people.africadatabase.org/en/person/6135.html. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ Pissarra, Mario (2001-11-01). "Holomisa, H. Bantubonke (Bantu)". Contemporary African Database. The Africa Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070214072644/http://people.africadatabase.org/en/profile/6135.html. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ "Stella Sigcau dead at 69". Mail&Guardian. 2006-05-08. http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=271050&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ^ a b c d "Résumé of Mr HB Holomisa, MP". UDM. http://www.udm.org.za/page_holomisa.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ "The rise and fall of Bantu Holomisa". African National Congress, Department of Information and Publicity. 1997-05-30. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071211210605/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/misc/holomisa.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ Bell, Terry; Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza (2003). "The nerve centre of apartheid". Unfinished business: South Africa, apartheid and truth. Verso. p. 30. ISBN 1859845452. http://books.google.com/books?id=ALA8SgeiA_wC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=%22roelf+meyer%22+udm+founded&source=web&ots=SeWDY364Wf&sig=m7SKm163FfAXJ9IpqfyfuBcp7E4.
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