Willie Durand Spies was born on 22 February 1969 and is a South African lawyer and politician from Gauteng.
15 Facts About Willie Spies
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Willie Spies represented the Freedom Front Plus in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009.
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Hurter Willie Spies has handled civil rights litigation for AfriForum since 2009, and Willie Spies has therefore been a prominent figure in advocacy for the rights of Afrikaners and other minorities.
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Willie Spies was born on 22 February 1969 and holds law and business degrees from the University of Pretoria.
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Willie Spies was one of the party's four representatives in the National Assembly and its sole representative in the Gauteng caucus.
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Willie Spies attained public prominence as the party's spokesperson on labour, in which capacity he was a vocal critic of affirmative action in South Africa.
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Willie Spies was the FF+'s spokesperson on minerals and energy, in which capacity he spearheaded the party's response to the Oilgate scandal.
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Weeks after he was elected to a second term in the National Assembly in April 2009, Willie Spies announced that he would resign from legislative politics to return to full-time legal practice.
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Willie Spies vacated his seat on 1 September 2009 and was replaced by Anton Alberts.
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Willie Spies remained the leader of the FF+'s branch in Pretoria.
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In July 2009, shortly after Willie Spies announced his upcoming resignation from Parliament, AfriForum announced that it had appointed him as its full-time legal counsel.
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In early March 2010, the FF+ said that Willie Spies had resigned from the party in order to focus on his legal work for AfriForum.
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Beeld quoted Willie Spies as saying that the party had "lost moral ground".
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Willie Spies remained a prominent figure at his alma mater, the University of Pretoria, where he was chairperson of the Tuks Alumni Board.
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When Willie Spies was elected to the Tuks Council, the university's governing body, in late 2012, HETN approached the North Gauteng High Court to have the election declared invalid and "disqualify" Willie Spies as a council member.