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| Affiliation | Minority Front |
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| Name | Amichand Rajbansi |
| Address | 347 Florence Nightingale Drive , Westcliff
Chatsworth, , South Africa |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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January 14, 1942
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| Died | December 29, 2011
(69 years)
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| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia
Apr 01, 2023 10:40am |
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| Info | Former Chief Minister of the House of Delegates Tricameral parliamentary chamber for Indian people, and leader of the Minority Front.
Amichand Rajbansi, nicknamed the Bengal Tiger, was born in Clairwood, Durban on 14 January 1942. He attended Clairwood Secondary School and the Indian University College to study History and Psychology as major subjects. An artist, in 1960 he won the Rembrandt art competition.
After a long service as a sports administrator, professional soccer referee, civic leader, and serving in local government structures dealing with local affairs, Rajbansi was elected to the Indian Council in 1974. In 1976 he resigned from the Indian Council protesting the inter Cabinet council between the Indian Council and government cabinet of Prime Minister John Vorster. Following this resignation, together with five other members and Y S Chinsamy, they formed their own Reform party. However, Rajbansi was later expelled from the party for publicly criticising Y S Chinsamy. In 1981 he formed the National Peoples Party (NPP) and was elected leader of this new party. The NPP successfully competed for the election to the South African Indian Council and took control of SAIC.
In 1984, following Prime Minister P W Botha's constitutional reforms, the NPP stood for the newly constituted House of Delegates, the Indian only parliamentary chamber, and won the majority of seats in the House. As a result, Rajbansi became member of the South Africa Cabinet and chairman for the Ministers' Council for Indian Affairs. In 1988, James commission of inquiry revealed that he used his offices to offer his close allies liquor licenses, influence the civil service appointments and promotion, and he had improperly influenced witness against the previous parliamentary inquiries about his conduct in office. He was found guilty of all charges against him. However, he maintained his innocence. After South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994, the NPP became the Minority Front and continued to draw support from the Indian community. However, the support for Rajbansi and his party began to wane following a divorce case against his wife. The divorce case became a public event with people making accusation that black magic was used. To exacerbate the worsening public support of Amichand Rajbansi, his wife, Ashadevi Rajbansi joined the Inkatha Freedom Party. In 2003, another tragedy rocked the Rajbansi family after his daughter in law was found dead in her bedroom. The police suspected that his son, who was earlier served with a restraining order preventing him from seeing his wife, committed the murder.
After the 2004 elections, Rajbansi made an alliance with the African National Congress and he became MEC for Sports and Recreation for Kwazulu-Natal Province.
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