Jessie Duarte
Politician, Person or entity appearing in film
1953 –
Who is Jessie Duarte?
Jessie Yasmin Duarte is a South African politician and spokesperson for the African National Congress. A long time anti-apartheid activist, she has served variously as a special assistant to Nelson Mandela, a member of the provincial cabinet for Gauteng, as ambassador to Mozambique and as spokesperson for the ANC, before assuming her current post as Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC in 2012.
In 2009 she featured in the news for two recorded diatribes launched against journalists Philani Nombembe of The Sunday Times and John Humphrys of BBC Radio.
In 2014, Duarte publicly compared Israel's alleged actions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to that of Nazi Germany. This drew strong rebukes from Jewish groups within South Africa.
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