Joe Slovo

• Key role in CODESA talks despite poor health, he influenced constitutional changes in South Africa leading up to 1994 election
• Power-sharing: Job guarantee for civil servants from the apartheid government (<20% deputy president, <5% government minister), Sunset Clause: Changes to be in place with the transitional Government of National Unity
• Convinced ANC to consider long-term benefits of accepting power sharing in the short-term, the ANC and NP worked together to force other parties agree to interim constitution for elections in April 1994
• South African Communist Party Leader and early member of the MK, he was a dedicated anti-apartheid political leader, heavily involved in the ANC during exile abroad