Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations
In office 1995–1999
President
Nelson Mandela
Preceded by
Vernon Steward
Succeeded by
Dumisani Kumalo
Member of the National Assembly
In office May 1994 – February 1995
Personal details
Born
Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
(1930-05-01) 1 May 1930 (age 94) Alexandra, Transvaal Union of South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Catherine Jele
Josiah Khiphusizi Jele (born 1 May 1930) is a retired South African politician, diplomat, and former anti-apartheid activist who was the first post-apartheid Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations from 1995 to 1999. He is a veteran of the African National Congress (ANC), of which he has been a member since 1950.
Jele went into exile with the ANC in 1965 and represented the party in a variety of capacities, including as its head of international affairs from 1978 to 1982. He was a member of the ANC National Executive Committee for over two decades. After the end of apartheid, Jele served briefly in the National Assembly before President Nelson Mandela appointed him as an ambassador in 1995.
Josiah Khiphusizi Jele (born 1 May 1930) is a retired South African politician, diplomat, and former anti-apartheid activist who was the first post-apartheid...
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Americans and the American anti-apartheid movement. In 1983, he succeeded JosiahJele as the head of the ANC's Department of International Affairs. During...
His was the second unit to be sent to Odesa and his group included JosiahJele (who served on the ANC's National Executive Committee [NEC]), Peter Tladi...
investigation, begun in April 2006 under Loots's leadership and also including JosiahJele, Gilbert Ramano, and Jackie Sedibe. In March 2007, Loots reported to...
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