Charles Nqakula
| Charles Nqakula | |
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| High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique | |
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Assumed office 24 June 2012 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 25 September 2008 – 2009 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | Mosiuoa Lekota |
| Succeeded by | Lindiwe Sisulu |
| Minister for Safety and Security | |
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In office 7 May 2002 – 25 September 2008 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | Steve Tshwete |
| Succeeded by | Nathi Mthethwa |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 24 January 2001 – 6 May 2002 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1942 |
| Spouse(s) | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |
Charles Nqakula (born 13 September 1942) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Defence from September 2008 to 2009. He also served as Minister for Safety and Security from May 2002 to September 2008.
Nqakula is married to current South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP.
On 24 June 2012, South African President Jacob Zuma appointed Nqakula as High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique.
Charles Nqakula attended primary school at Cradock and secondary school at Lovedale, matriculating in 1963. He worked as a hotel waiter and wine steward, after which he became a clerk in the Department of Bantu Education.
In 1966, Nqakula started as a journalist with the Midland News, a regional weekly newspaper in Cradock. Seven years later, he became a political reporter with Imvo Zabantsundu in King William's Town. From 1976 he worked for the Daily Dispatch in East London until he was placed under an apartheid banning order in 1981. Nqakula was unbanned the following year but, because his village had been redesignated as part of the Ciskei independent homeland, he was unable to re-enter South African territory and was declared a prohibited immigrant.
He became a member of the Union of Black Journalists (UBJ) and was elected vice-president of the union in 1976. The UBJ was banned in October 1977 as part of a government crackdown on organisations supporting the Black Consciousness Movement. In 1979 he was elected vice-president of the Writers' Association of South Africa (WASA), which later became the Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA). Although frequently being detained by both the South African and Ciskeian authorities, he managed to establish the Veritas News Agency in Zwelitsha towards the end of 1982.
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