Saki Macozoma

Sakumzi J. Macozoma (Saki) (12 May 1957 - ) is a former South African political prisoner who is now a leading businessman.

Sakumzi (Saki) Macozoma was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957.

He studied Political Science, Economics and Journalism at the Universities of South Africa and Boston in the USA. He holds a BA degree from Unisa.

After spending five years in prison on Robben Island for anti-apartheid activities he joined the South African Council of Churches. He also worked for the ANC and South African Breweries. He became a Member of Parliament in 1994 and left the Legislature in 1996 to take up a position as Managing Director of Transnet Limited, a job he held for five years.

He is Chairman of Liberty, Chairman of Stanlib, Deputy Chairman of the Standard Bank Group, Deputy Chairman of Safika Holdings and Chairman of the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Mr. Macozoma is also President of Business Leadership South Africa, Chairman of the Presidents Big Business Working Group and Co-Chairman of the Business Trust.

He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress from 1991 to 2008.

In 2005 Billy Masethla, then director of South Africa's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was arrested and charged with illegally conducting surveillance of Mr Macozoma and his family.

Move to COPE

On the 28th February 2009 Mr. Macozoma joined the Congress of the People(COPE), a party that broke away from the ruling African National Congress in 2008. . Mr Macozoma is now unaffiliated politically.

External links

• "Anatomy of fast money": newspaper article in the Mail & Guardian
• Safika Holdings: short bio
• Short biographical note (Word Document)
• Article by Saki Macozoma: "Can a capitalist system produce socialist results?"
• IOL: Senior ANC member leaves for COPE