Barbara Hogan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Barbara Hogan
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1952(1952-02-28)
Age	72
Birthplace	Benoni
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Aquarius

Barbara Hogan Biography

Barbara Hogan is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 28, 1952 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. Barbara Hogan (born 28 February 1952) was the former Minister for Health and of Public Enterprises in the Cabinet of South Africa.

Hogan is an committee of advisory boards for the Amandla AIDS Fund (AAF) that was founded by the non-profit organisation Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) in 2003, with an $2.5 million contribution made by Carlos as well as Deborah Santana, which represented all net proceeds from the 2003 U.S. Summer Santana Shaman tour. AAF gives grants to help in the successful South African efforts to combat AIDS and also creates new collaboration programs. Amandla refers to “strength” or “power” in Zulu, Xhosa and other South African languages. Amandla is the name of Zulu, Xhosa and other South African AAF advisory council, which is headed by archbishop Desmond Tutu, includes leading South African HIV/AIDS experts and AIDS activists who assist in selecting efficient South African organisations and programmes to be awarded grants. Over the past period, AAF have allocated and granted more than $1.25 millions to advocacy for HIV/AIDS treatments, prevention, and prevention programs. ANSA is also involved in advancing civil rights and ensure the rights of voters throughout the U.S.

Hogan was included in the 2009 Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

In May 2009, she was appointed to the Ministry of Public Enterprises, from which she was axed in 2010 by President Jacob Zuma. In December 2015 she denounced the president for sacking the then finance minister (Nhlanhla Nene) and called on the citizenry to “rise up and say enough is enough.”

Hogan has been released the year 1990 after the de-banning of banned organizations and alongside other prisoners of political repression, the most notable was Nelson Mandela. Following her release, she played an significant role in the restructuring of the ANC as the director in the PWV regional office.

Barbara Hogan Net Worth

Barbara Hogan is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barbara Hogan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hogan was a member of her membership in the African National Congress in 1976 following her participation in the Soweto Uprising, many years after the organization had been declared illegal and moved their activities into the underground. The main responsibilities of this group were to mobilize the left-wing whites and to participate in political campaigns and provide members of the ANC underground of Botswana with information on the activities of community and trade unions throughout South Africa. Hogan was arrested in 1982, allegedly for supporting the objectives of a banned organization and was detained, tortured and confined in solitary for one year, she was one of the few women who was detained in South Africa found guilty of high treason. She was sentenced to ten years ‘ prison.

Barbara Hogan met Ahmed Kathrada following her release from prison in the year 1990.

When Kgalema Motlanthe took office as President on 25 September 2008, he appointed Hogan as Minister of Health to replace Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Hogan was named Minister of Public Health in September 2008 on the basis of her financial managerial skills, which were urgently needed in the rundown Department of Health, according to her in a 2008 interview by News24. Although Hogan was not a medical professional, she said that she had a very capable deputy, Dr Molefi Sefularo, who was a medical doctor and had been very engaged in the healthcare sector. Hogan helped the South African government address the AIDS pandemic among South Africans after almost a decade of denial and neglect by the previous Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.

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Who is Barbara Hogan Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Barbara Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Barbara Hogan celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.