Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond
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Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa Aziz Goolam Pahad, who has died at the age of 82, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician and deputy minister of foreign affairs in the post-1994 government. Together with a small group of foreign policy analysts, I worked with Aziz over the span of 30 years, shaping the post-apartheid South African government’s approach to international relations and its foreign policy. We spent countless hours debating foreign affairs and the numerous crises and challenges government had to face as a relative “newcomer” in continental African and global affairs.
Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond
Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African…
Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond
Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa Aziz Goolam Pahad, who has died at the age of 82, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician and deputy minister of foreign affairs in the post-1994 government. Together with a small group of foreign policy analysts, I worked with Aziz over the span of 30 years, shaping the post-apartheid South African government’s approach to international relations and its foreign policy. We spent countless hours debating foreign affairs and the numerous crises and challenges government had to face as a relative “newcomer” in continental African and global affairs.