Described by
Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm in a webinar this week as “one of the most intriguing figures” in the history of South African politics, Slabbert is perhaps best known today for his meeting the ANC in exile in 1987. But, as Grundlingh author of
Slabbert: Man on a Mission made clear, this was just one event in a life filled with significance.
Grundlingh told the webinar that Slabbert occupied an “insider/outsider” space from a young age. A religious Afrikaans boy who was a very good rugby player, Slabbert was gripped from an early age by a sense of not quite belonging.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra s husband Robert Vadra has opened up on his desire to enter politics and contest elections after being subjected to grilling by the Income tax department.Vadra alleged that he was subjected to such .