Trevor Manuel is one of the South African leaders who have diligently served government positions without fail.
The latter has been the longest-serving minister of finance.
His service in the position had a great influence on the stability of South Africa’s economy.
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He was actively involved in the fight against apartheid.
At this time, the country’s economy had a very significant turnaround.
Let’s go through his biography.
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As of date, he is sixty-three years old.
In 2008, Trevor married an indigenous woman from his homeland in Kensington.
The name of Trevor Manuel wife is Maria Ramos.
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The two have three children: Govan Manuel, Pallo Manuel, and Jaime Manuel.
He then enrolled at the Cape Peninsula University where he matriculated with a Cape Peninsula Technikon.
His passion for politics, later on, saw him indulge in the struggle for freedom.
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While at it, he got arrested alongside Nelson Mandela and other leaders in the struggle.
He was taken to jail at Victor Verster Prison, which is situated in Paarl.
He was also actively involved in the United Democratic Front party where he became a National Executive member.
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It is during this period that he was banned and was detained between 1985 and 1990.
This was during ANC’s first regional conference that was held in 1990.
He was, later on, promoted to become the member of parliament for ANC.
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He also got promoted to the National Executive Committee.
He was, later on, appointed to be the Minister of Finance.
He served this position for thirteen years in a row, setting the bar as the longest-serving finance minister.
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His strategy put more focus on the growth of the micro-enterprises that positively impacted the country’s economy.
He was commended for his competence in the areas that he served as minister.
His competence made him get appointed as the chairperson of the International Monetary Governance Reform Council in 2008.
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He also serves the position of Non-Executive Deputy Chairperson of Rothschild.
To add to it, he also serves on the International advisory board.
For any forms of communication, one can do so through Trevor Manuel contact details for Old Mutual.
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Trevor Manuel latest news
The latter has recently been on the headlines for several reasons.
You might want to find out why.
He has been alleged to “act as though the organisation is his or his parents'.”
The EFF claimed that the latter acted improperly while appointing thenew commissioner of SARS.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
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