Mac Maharaj

Mac Maharaj
Maharaj in 2021
Minister of Transport
In office
11 May 1994 – 1999
PresidentNelson Mandela
Preceded byPiet Welgemoed
Succeeded byDullah Omar
Personal details
Born
Sathyandranath Ragunanan Maharaj

(1935-04-22) 22 April 1935 (age 89)
Newcastle, Natal, Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
South African Communist Party

Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj OLS (born 22 April 1935 in Newcastle, Natal)[1] is a retired South African politician, businessman, and former anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was the first post-apartheid Minister of Transport from 1994 to 1999. He was later the official spokesperson to the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.

  1. ^ O'Malley, Padraig (2007). Shades of difference: Mac Maharaj and the struggle for South Africa. New York: Viking. ISBN 9780670852338. OCLC 70668852.