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Jeremy Cronin

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Jeremy Cronin
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipSouth Africa Edit
Name wey dem give amJeremy, Patrick Edit
Family nameCronin Edit
Ein date of birth12 September 1949 Edit
Place dem born amCape Town Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationpoet, politician Edit
Position eholdQ27927531, member of the National Assembly of South Africa, Q27928363 Edit
Educate forUniversity of Cape Town, Sorbonne Universités Edit
Political party ein memberSouth African Communist Party, African National Congress Edit
Described at URLhttps://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/4125, https://www.pa.org.za/person/jeremy-patrick-cronin/ Edit

Jeremy Patrick Cronin (born 12 September 1949) be a South African writer, author, den noted poet. A longtime activist insyd politics, Cronin is a member of de South African Communist Party den a former member of de National Executive Committee of de African National Congress.[1] He serve as de South African Deputy Minister of Public Works from 2012 until ein retirement insyd 2019.[2]

Early life

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Cronin be brought up insyd a White middle-class Roman Catholic family insyd Rondebosch insyd Cape Town, South Africa. During adolescence, he consider de idea of he go enter de priesthood. After a year's military service, when he be conscript insyd de South African Navy, Cronin win a bursary to study at de University of Cape Town insyd 1968; there he become a member of de Radical Student Society den be subsequently recruit into then-ban South African Communist Party (SACP).

Insyd de early 1970s, Cronin study for ein Master's degree insyd Philosophy insyd France den return to South Africa, where he begin lecture insyd de Philosophy department at de University of Cape Town.

Activism den imprisonment

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Cronin ein work insyd de propaganda unit of de SACP bring ein to de attention of de South African Bureau of State Security; he be arrest on charges under de Terrorism den Internal Security Acts den try insyd de Cape Town Supreme Court insyd September 1976, along plus David Rabkin den ein wife Sue. De charges include conspire plus members of de African National Congress (sanso a ban organisation) den de SACP, den prepare den distribute pamphlets on these organisations' behalf (activities commemorate insyd Cronin's poem "A Step Away from Them," model on a poem of de same title by American poet Frank O'Hara). Cronin plead guilty to all charges den be sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (1976–1983). He serve ein time insyd Pretoria Local, or Pretoria Prison, which be part of de Pretoria Central Prison complex, along plus Denis Goldberg, Raymond Suttner den others. He participate insyd de plan of a daring escape insyd 1979 by Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee den Alex Moumbaris.[3] Ein wife Anne Marie die of a brain tumour during ein imprisonment.[4]

Poetry

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Cronin ein first book of poetry, Inside, be published in 1984 following ein release from prison.[5] Subsequent volumes include Even the Dead (1997) den Inside and Out (1999). Ein most recent collection, More Than A Casual Contact, be published insyd 2006. Among ein best known poems be "Motho Ke Motho Ka Batho Babang", whose title be taken from de Sotho aphorism "A person be a person because of oda people".

Collected poems

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  • More than a Casual Contact (2006)
  • Inside and Out (1999)
  • Even the Dead: Poems, Parables and a Jeremiad (1997)

Politics

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Follow Cronin ein release from prison he begin work plus de United Democratic Front (UDF), found insyd 1983, where he work as de editor of its theoretical journal Isizwe (De Nation). He sanso be involve insyd various kinds of popular education, but insyd de late 1980s, increase harassment from de security forces force ein den ein wife to leave South Africa den move first to London, den to Lusaka insyd Zambia, where he work close plus Joe Slovo for de ANC/SACP alliance. Insyd de 1990s, he work insyd de SACP head office insyd Johannesburg, where he be deputy general secretary of de party. He become a member of parliament insyd 1999. Ein interviews plus Helena Sheehan[6] insyd 2001 den 2002 meet plus a storm of controversy, because of ein left critique of de ANC during de presidency of Thabo Mbeki. He be forced to apologise to de ANC insyd 2002.[7] He deliver de Chris Hani memorial lecture, title Why South Africa will never be like Zimbabwe, insyd Durban on 4 May 2008. On 10 May 2009, President Jacob Zuma appoint ein Deputy Minister of Transport, den insyd 2012 he move to become Deputy Minister of Public Works. Insyd May 2019, he retire from parliament den government office.

Political writings

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References

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  1. ↑ "whoswhosa.co.za". www.whoswhosa.co.za. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Changes to National Executive and South African Police Service" (Press release). Government of South Africa. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Jenkin, Tim (1987). "Escape from Pretoria" (PDF). South African History Online. pp. 67–69. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Sheehan, Helena (2001). "Interview with Jeremy Cronin". Academia.
  5. ↑ Jeremy Cronin Archived 4 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Random House
  6. ↑ Sheehan, Helena (2002). "Interviews with Jeremy Cronin". Academia.
  7. ↑ Marais, Hein (2011). South Africa Pushed to the Limit. London / New York: Zed Books.
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