10 Facts About Pallo Jordan

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan was born on 22 May 1942 and is a South African politician.

Pallo Jordan was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, and was a cabinet minister from 1994 until 2009.

Pallo Jordan then joined the ANC and went into exile, studying in Britain and the United States.

Pallo Jordan worked for the ANC in London and in African states.

Pallo Jordan served as administrative secretary of the NEC Secretariat, on the NEC's Strategy and Tactics Committee as convenor, on the NEC's sub-committee on negotiations and the NEC's sub-committee on Constitutional Guidelines and as the Director of Information and Publicity.

Pallo Jordan returned to South Africa after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990.

Pallo Jordan became Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting and subsequently Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.

On 11 August 2014, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe announced that Pallo Jordan had resigned from Parliament and apologised to the ruling party after reports that his qualifications were false.

The ANC statement revealed that Pallo Jordan had resigned from the National Executive Committee of the ANC and from the ANC.

The ANC's Chief Whip in Parliament Stone Sizani said that with or without academic qualifications Pallo Jordan remains a source of pride for the party.