10 Things you don’t know about Jeff Radebe

1.  Full name Jeffrey Thamsanqa “Jeff” Radebe

2.  Jeff Radebe is South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development

3.  Jeff Radebe was born 18 February 1953 in Cato Manor, and lived there until 1958 when his family was forcibly removed to KwaMashu.

4.  Jeff Radebe studied towards a law degree at the University of Zululand, and finished an LLM in International Law at the Karl Marx University, Leipzig in 1981.

5.  Jeff Radebe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1976, while he was a student

6.  In 1977 the ANC sent Jeff Radebe to Mozambique, and soon after to Tanzania where he worked as a journalist for a radio station in Dar es Salaam

7.  After an unsuccessful secret mission by the ANC, Radebe was arrested in 1986, and was convicted under the Terrorism Act of the then Apartheid government. He was sentenced to a 10-year imprisonment on Robben Island. After a successful 12 day hunger strike, Radebe was released from prison in 1990

8.  After the 1994 democratic elections, Radebe served as Minister of Public Works under Nelson Mandela

9.  Under the leadership of Thabo Mbeki, Radebe served as Minister of Public Enterprises (1999–2004) and Minister of Transport (2004–2009). As Minister of Transport, Radebe was actively involved in the Arrive Alive campaign that strives to minimize road accidents. He is South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.

10.  Jeff Radebe is married to Bridgette Radebe, South Africa’s first black female mining entrepreneur and sister of the billionaire mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe