(1938-11-15) 15 November 1938 (age 85) Yeoville, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
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Eleanor Kasrils (d. 2009) Amina Frense (m. 2012)
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2011 – Alan Paton Award[1][2]
2018 – Lifetime Achievement Literary Award[3][4]
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Ronald Kasrils (born 15 November 1938) is a South African politician, Marxist revolutionary, guerrilla and military commander. He was Minister for Intelligence Services from 27 April 2004 to 25 September 2008. He was a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1987 to 2007 as well as a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from December 1986 to 2007.
^Cite error: The named reference AlanPatonAward2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Monthly Review – Ronnie Kasrils". Monthly Review. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^"2018 Recipients". South African Literary Awards. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^Mulgrew, Nick. "Ronnie Kasrils and Nick Mulgrew win South African Literary Awards". PEN South Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^"A3345 Ronald KASRILS Papers, 1942 -" (PDF). WITS University. Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
Cyril Ramaphosa, Steve Tshwete and RonnieKasrils. The Ciskei government banned the marchers from entering Bisho. Kasrils led an unarmed group in an attempt...
Kasrils is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eleanor Kasrils (1936–2009), Scottish-South African activist RonnieKasrils (born 1938)...
a nurse with forged identification, and joined RonnieKasrils in Johannesburg. From there, the Kasrils escaped to Bechuanaland (Botswana), again in disguise...
2012 book edited and compiled by Ken Keable, with an introduction by RonnieKasrils and a foreword by Pallo Jordan. It inspired a documentary film, London...
Jukskei river". "Cholera found in city river". "Statement by minister RonnieKasrils, Minister of water affairs and forestry". South African Government....
Hodgson Ahmed Kathrada Denis Goldberg Arthur Goldreich Curnick Ndlovu RonnieKasrils (from 1963) Looksmart Ngudle Fred Carneson Vuyisile Mini Washington...
Jewish, and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services RonnieKasrils. "Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein". South African History Online. Retrieved...
"Admiral" Kasrils, a popular Ragga DJ and artist (Admiral and Jahseed duo), reviewed movies on the show, weekly. Admiral is the son of politician Ronnie Kasrils...
structure in London, chaired by Yusuf Dadoo and including Jack Hodgson, RonnieKasrils, Aziz Pahad, Reg September, and Solly Smith. In 1983, the Revolutionary...
September 1992, the Ciskei Defence Force fired into a crowd (led by RonnieKasrils, Cyril Ramaphosa, and Chris Hani) of ANC members, and demanded the removal...
umbrella was intended to be used in the assassination of Pallo Jordan and RonnieKasrils by the South African Civil Cooperation Bureau death squad. These two...
by the early 1960s is also alluded to in My Moment with a Legend by RonnieKasrils, the former intelligence chief of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto We Sizwe...
Marks Bram Fischer Jeremy Cronin Ruth First Bram Fischer Chris Hani RonnieKasrils Mac Maharaj Nelson Mandela Govan Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba Joe...
subsequently entered the civil service, serving as special adviser to RonnieKasrils at the Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry; according to the Mail...
SACP, civil society, several ANC stalwarts (including Ahmed Kathrada, RonnieKasrils, Trevor Manuel, and Cheryl Carolus), and several active factions of...
from 1977 to 1984. Helen Joseph: Banned four times, starting in 1957. RonnieKasrils: Banned 1962 to 1990. Clive Keegan (ex-vice-president of NUSAS): Banned...
original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022. Address by Mr RonnieKasrils, MP, minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, at the Berg Water Project...
His poetry was similarly praised by the South African former minister RonnieKasrils, who considered it "a shining example of tomorrow's Palestine." The...
it is unsexy." Former South African cabinet minister and ANC leader RonnieKasrils also came out in support of the boycott call and wrote in The Guardian:...
Israel Mossad R. N. Kao 1968–1977 India Research and Analysis Wing RonnieKasrils 1983–1989 2004–2008 South Africa Umkhonto we Sizwe Minister of Intelligence...
group that included his long-time friend Nelson Mandela, Wilton Mkwayi, RonnieKasrils, Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu, Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond...
thesis, and uses debates involving the Jewish community, particularly RonnieKasrils, as a window onto minority politics in general in post-apartheid South...
Benatar, David. "Denying 7 October: The Case of Former ANC Minister RonnieKasrils". Fathom. Retrieved 10 April 2024. "Affirmative Action and UCT – the...
and RonnieKasrils. A razor wire was erected on the border between South Africa and Ciskei to prevent the marchers from entering Bisho. When Kasrils led...
change. The group was established by ANC activists Barry Feinberg and RonnieKasrils, who named it after the slogan Mayibuye iAfrika (Let Africa Return)...
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