Traitor Derek Hanekom

Derek Andre Hanekom

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology

Date of Birth: 13-01-1953      Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

National Serviceman - South African Defence Force, Potchefstroom

(1971 - 1973)

 

Various positions - Various companies, Various Companies, Johannesburg

(1974 - 1977)

Farmer - Dairy, poultry and vegetables, Magaliesburg

(1978 - 1983)

 

Co-ordinator - Administrative Training Project, Johannesburg

(1986 - 1987)

Co-ordinator - Popular History Trust, Zimbabwe

(1988 - 1990)

 

Co-ordinator - Land and Agricultural Desk, African National Congress

(1990 - 1994)

Minister - Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Government of South Africa

(1994 - 1999)

Current Position(s)

Deputy Minister, Department of Science and Technology, Government of South Africa, (2004 - present)

Member of Parliament, African National Congress, (1999 - present)

Member, ANC NEC,

Previous Position(s)

Minister, Government of South Africa (1994 - 1999)

Co-ordinator, African National Congress (1990 - 1994) 

Derek Hanekom Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. He began his active political life in 1976 after being arrested while participating in a peaceful candlelight demonstration at John Vorster Square Police Head Quarters in Johannesburg. He was arrested again in 1983 along with his wife. He spent 9 months in prison while awaiting trial for high treason. During his period of office in Land Affairs he piloted various reform bills through parliament which aimed to redress damages caused by apartheid laws and the 1913 Land Act. 

Contact Details

Postal Address

Private Bag X889

Pretoria

0001

Email Address

heibre.roos@dsc.gov.za

 

Fax Number 021 - 317 4472

Telephone number 021 - 317 4383

He began his active political life in 1976 after being arrested while participating in a peaceful candlelight demonstration at John Vorster Square Police Head Quarters in Johannesburg. He was arrested again in 1983 along with his wife. He spent 9 months in prison while awaiting trial for high treason.

During his period of office in Land Affairs he piloted various reform bills through parliament which aimed to redress damages caused by apartheid laws and the 1913 Land Act.

Acting spokesman for ANC on agricultural matters.

Married to Patricia Elizabeth Murray 

Lets Talk about Shoot The Boer

 

 

 

Hate Speech Hanekom

Hanekom: Lyrics not about ethnic group

2011-04-15 

The singing of the lyrics "awudubhule ibhunu" or "shoot the boer" does not refer to an ethnic group but to a system of racial oppression, the Equality Court heard on Friday.

ANC national executive committee member Derek Hanekom, who is also the deputy minister of science and technology, was testifying in the hate speech trial of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.

He told the court it would be helpful if the group of people who felt hurt by the song understood it.

"The spirit [in which it is sung] does not even constitute hate speech," he told the court.

Hanekom said there was no intention to do harm or incite violence when the song was sung.

"It's in a friendly atmosphere," he said, adding that he would support a national dialogue in this regard.

"... We need to talk to each other a bit more," he said.

ANC ‘does not exclude’

In his experience in the ANC, which he joined in 1980, it was never the party's intention to "exclude anybody", Hanekom testified.

The ANC's main objective was to obtain a non-racial, non-sexist and united society, he said.
Hanekom said that during the struggle, liberation songs were "just that".

"White, black, Jewish, Muslim... people sang struggle songs... It was very important as a mobilisation tool."

Today, he said, the singing of liberation songs was a celebration of "who we are", and they represented "every part of our history", "and the fact we've brought to an end an unjust system".

Malema is on trial in the Equality Court, sitting at the South Gauteng High Court, on a charge of hate speech brought by the civil rights group AfriForum over his singing of a struggle song containing the lyrics "shoot the boer".

‘These are ‘ANC’s judges’

On Thursday, Malema told hundreds of supporters outside the court, that the hate speech case was just a test for the "revolution".

"There is no individual on trial... they are testing our revolution... they are testing methods we used to defeat them," he said.

"These judges are our judges. Whether you like it or not, they work for the government... the government which is us, the ANC," Malema said.

He asked the group to maintain their "militancy" and to not apologise for being radical.

Also on Thursday, AfriForum threatened to bring an additional hate speech charge against Malema and another against ANCYL spokesperson Floyd Shivambu for encouraging people outside the court to sing the lyrics with them.
The case continues.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Hanekom-Lyrics-not-about-ethnic-group-20110415
 

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Sheriff Seize ANCYL’s Assets

April 15 2011

The high court in Pretoria has issued a warrant of execution for the seizure of ANCYL assets worth R670 000 from its office at Luthuli House in Johannesburg, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday. 

Luthuli House

According to the court order, the sheriff must seize assets from the ANC Youth League's seventh floor offices to recover R669 130 plus interest owed to the hotel which hosted its national congress in June 2008. 

The Queens Garden Hotel in Berea, Johannesburg, has since been liquidated. 

The liquidators of Palanquin Hospitality Management, the owners of the hotel, sued the ANCYL for the money. 

An invoice of R 669 130.00 was issued to the ANCYL on June 28, 2008 and it confirmed in a letter that it had received the invoice. 

A letter, signed by ANCYL treasurer general Pule Mabe, which was sent to the hotel, stated: 

“We are sorry about the delay (in payment) and the inconvenience this has caused and look forward to doing business with you again in future.” 

However, the court heard that the money was not paid. 

The sheriff was expected to execute the warrant within seven days. 

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sheriff-to-seize-ancyl-s-assets-1.1057300