- Barbara Hogan
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party =African National Congress
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footnotes =Barbara Hogan is a
South Africa politician, currently serving as the Minister of Health in the government ofKgalema Motlanthe . [ [http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-09-25-motlanthe-moves-to-steady-the-ship Motlanthe moves to steady the ship] ] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200809250958.html "South Africa: New President Removes Health Minister"] , allAfrica.com, September 25, 2008.]Barbara Hogan joined the
African National Congress shortly after the 1976 Uprisings, many years after the organisation had been declared illegal and had moved its activities underground. Her responsibilities in this movement were to mobilise the white political left, participation in public political campaigning and supplying the ANC underground in Botswana with information about trade union and community activity in South Africa. Hogan was detained in 1982 for ‘furthering the aims of a banned organisation’ and after being interrogated, ill-treated and held in solitary confinement for one year, she was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to ten years in gaol. Hogan was released in 1990 with the unbanning of outlawed organisations and together with other political prisoners, most notably Nelson Mandela. Upon release Hogan played a pivotal role in restructuring the ANC in her capacity as secretary of the PWV regional office.
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