Fidelis Hove Editor

Ronnie Kasrils was born in Johannesburg in 1938. After matriculating from KES, he worked as a scriptwriter for a film company before joining Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) at its inception. In 1963, he left South Africa in exile and worked for the ANC, the SACP and the MK until his return to the country in 1990. Kasrils served on the highest bodies of all three organisations and was Chief of Military Intelligence for MK. From 1994 to 2008, he served under the democratic government in the portfolios of Deputy Minister of Defence, Minister of Water & Forestry and Minister of Intelligence Services. Fidelis Hove is an economist and researcher based in Johannesburg. He is a principal at Genesis’ Human Development practice, leading their work on social protection and advancing research, policy and programme implementation across Africa. He focuses on social impact funding, unemployment, social security, poverty, and inequality. Before joining Genesis, Fidelis worked as a senior technical advisor at the Jobs Fund, a consultant for Oxford Policy Management, a lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a researcher at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) and Centre for Social Sciences Research (CSSR).