Ronnie Kasrils Author & Editor

Ronnie Kasrils was prompted by the Sharpville Massacre to join the ANC in 1960, and was the secretary of the Congress of Democrats in Natal until it was banned in 1962. He became a member of Umkhonto weSizwe at its inception in 1961 and participated in many sabotage operations. After the first democratic elections in South Africa, Kasrils was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence from 1994–1999. He then became Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry from 1999–2004 and was appointed Minister of Intelligence Services until he submitted his resignation in 2008 following former President Thabo Mbeki's resignation.