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	Dullah Omar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdullah Mohamed Omar (May 26, 1934 - March 13, 2004), better known as Dullah Omar was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 till his death.
		Born in Cape Town, Omar attended the University of Cape Town, and graduated with a law degree in 1957.
		In 1994, Omar became Minister of Justice in South Africa in Nelson Mandela's ANC government, and was the first cabinet minister appointed Acting President in the absence of both the President and Deputy President from South Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dullah_Omar (267 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Dullah Omar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Omar, who had represented many of the Robben Island political prisoners, was relied upon by Mandela as a completely trustworthy go-between in the negotiations with the National Party government which led to his freedom and the advent of democracy in South Africa.
		Omar's reward was his appointment as justice minister by Mandela in South Africa's first government of national unity after the first democratic elections in 1994.
		Omar was to recall the joy of making his first political protest when he joined Trafalgar students in boycotting the tricentennial celebrations of the first colonisation of the Cape by the Dutch navigator Jan van Riebeeck in 1652.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/16/db1602.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/03/16/ixportal.html (1493 words)

	Dullar Omar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Omar who was given an official funeral, is survived by his wife Farida, his daughter Fazlin and sons, Kamal and Rustum.
		Dullah Omar, christened Abdullah Mohamed, was born in Observatory, Cape Town on May 26, 1934.
		Omar was a student member of the Unity Movement fighting the first apartheid elections on 1958 and remained a member until he left to join the United Democratic Front in 1983.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/omar-d.htm (659 words)

	Tributes for Dullah Omar - SouthAfrica.info
		Omar was laid to rest at the Doornhoogte cemetery, down the road from the stadium, from where his coffin was carried shoulder-high by mourners.
		Omar was chairperson of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Western Cape Region in 1987 and 1988, and vice-president from 1988 until the UDF's dissolution in 1991.
		Omar was honoured with two Doctorates of Law, from the University of Fort Hare in 1993 and the University of Durban Westville in 1996.
	www.safrica.info /what_happening/news/tributes-omar.htm (850 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Dullah Omar in critical condition
		Transport Minister Dullah Omar was still in a critical condition at Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in Cape Town by late Thursday.
		Omar has been receiving treatment for Hodgkins-Classic, a form of cancer of the lymph node, diagnosed last January, but was rushed to hospital on Tuesday with respiratory problems.
		"Dullah Omar has rendered wonderful service (to the people of South Africa)," Mandela said in Soweto, where he was attending the launch of the 'Joe Slovo election trail' against the exploitation of workers.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/101545.htm (446 words)

	T Mbeki: Memorial service for late Dullah Omar
		Dullah Omar was among these patriots who would not betray or abandon the interests of the oppressed simply because the regime of apartheid acted to terrorise the faint hearted into submission.
		Dullah Omar demonstrated courage even as our heroes and heroines one after the other fell victim to the vicious barbarity of the oppressors, refusing to be imprisoned by fear.
		Dullah Omar and other leaders of the liberation movement had to think in new ways to open the way to a negotiated resolution of the crisis into which the apartheid system had plunged our country.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/2004/04032509461005.htm (2152 words)

	Online NewsHour: Facing the Past -- March 5, 1999
		DULLAH OMAR: Well, I think that an attitude which does not display contrition contributes towards the bitterness which some people display towards any project which is designed to bring about reconciliation--is perfectly understandable in the context of many, many generations of exploitation, of suppression of dignity, which they have suffered over so many years.
		DULLAH OMAR: I think his problem is that throughout his political life as part of the National Party Government they knew no impartiality; they knew no respect for the independence of our judiciary and the judicial process, and they knew no respect for human rights.
		DULLAH OMAR: That is part of our inheritance, part of the legacy of the apartheid years, that many elements in the police force have never been seriously interested in fighting crime.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/april97/south_africa_4-8.html (1292 words)

	Biography of Dullah Omar
		Omar subsequently met the agent who was to have killed him, and told him he had "no hard feelings".
		Omar was elected to the Western Cape regional executive of the African National Congress in 1990, and in July 1991 to the ANC's national executive as well.
		Omar was also instrumental in setting up the new prosecution system headed by the National Director of Public Prosecutions, and developed the framework for the transformation of the administration of justice in a document entitled "Justice Vision 2000".
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1497718,00.html (882 words)

	The Muslim News - Obituary - South Africa buries a true son of the soil
		Dullah Omar was something of an anomaly —a towering icon who shunned the trappings that came with his status.
		Dullah was always in touch with the sentiments and concerns of the man and woman in the street, for he was never himself far from the grassroots.
		Dullah Omar was a great man but he owes much of this greatness to his wonderful wife, Farida.
	www.muslimnews.co.uk /paper/index.php?article=1553 (977 words)

	:: MWEB News :: >> Dullah Omar laid to rest in Cape Town
		Unlike normal state funerals the family decided to dispense with a gun carriage, and Omar's body was transported to the stadium in a traditional Muslim bier.
		Shortly after 5pm Omar's bier was carried by close family members to the Vygieskraal Cemetery across the road from the stadium.
		The ANC said it was profoundly saddened by Omar's death, adding he was a remarkable leader and a hero of the nation.
	new.mweb.co.za /tiscali/news/news_story.jsp?content=116408 (664 words)

	The Herald : News
		Unlike usual state funerals, the family decided to dispense with a gun carriage, and Mr Omar’s body was transported to the stadium in a traditional Muslim bier.
		Among those was the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), which praised Mr Omar as a hero of South Africa’s liberation struggle and a good friend to the workers.
		The ANC said it was profoundly saddened by Mr Omar’s death, adding he was a remarkable leader and a hero of the nation.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2004/03/15/news/n11_15032004.htm (753 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Dullah Omar, 69; activist held S. Africa Cabinet posts
		Omar was a spokesman for Nelson Mandela in the months leading to the former president's release after 27 years in jail.
		Omar was appointed to his current position when President Thabo Mbeki succeeded Mandela in 1999.
		Omar studied law and set up his own legal practice in 1960 because he couldn't find a firm that would employ fl lawyers.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/03/14/dullah_omar_69_activist_held_s_africa_cabinet_posts (284 words)

	News
		South African Transport Minister Abdullah (Dullah) Omar died in Cape Town on Saturday 13 March at the age of 69.
		Omar was one of the most outstanding attorneys in the struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa.
		Omar was the first Minister of Justice in the first democratic government under Mandela and served as the Minister of Transport in the Mbeki cabinet.
	www.cycling.nl /html/i-ce/newsitem1.htm (149 words)

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		Afterwards, Omar said he wanted to set an example to others in the transport sector to learn their HIV status.
		Omar said by taking the test he was just taking the transport sector's programme on Aids forward.
		Omar said he had the test done as part of the transport team and not as an individual.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/05/29/southafrica/BTEST.HTM (325 words)

	Cape Times
		Dullah Omar, first names Abdullah Mohamed, was born in Cape Town on May 26, 1934.
		A spokesperson for the family of Dullah Omar said in a statement that the transport minister had died at 4am on Saturday.
		Transport Minister Dullah Omar, who died early Saturday morning, will be given an official funeral with "all the honours due to a serving member of cabinet" government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe said.
	archive.wn.com /2004/03/13/1400/capetimes (612 words)

	Profiles
		Omar was a spokesman for former President Nelson Mandela in the months leading to his release after 27 years in jail.
		Dullah Omar participated in the negotiations that paved the way for South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994 and was named justice minister in the new government.
		Mandela said he had visted Omar in hospital and explained to his family if the time came to say goodbye to Omar, they could take comfort in the fact that the transport minister and former justice minister had served his country well.
	www.cancosa.com /profiles.html (300 words)

	SABCnews.com - politics/government
		The late Dullah Omar was not only a brilliant lawyer, but a pillar of strength for the families of freedom fighters jailed during the apartheid years, Nelson Mandela, the former president said.
		Mandela said he visited Omar in hospital and explained to his family if the time came to say goodbye to Omar, they could take comfort in the fact that the transport minister and former justice minister had served his country well.
		Dullah was a lawyer for the people, a human rights lawyer in the truest meaning of the word." Omar became the first justice minister of the democratic South Africa - a position which he held with distinction, earning the respect of all, Mandela said.
	www.sabcnews.co.za /politics/government/0,2172,75765,00.html (353 words)

	Profile of the Late Abdulah Mohamed Omar
		Known as Dullah, a shortened form of Abdulah, Omar was was born in Observatory on 26 May 1934.
		Omar matriculated from the Trafalgar High School in Cape Town, and went to study law at the University of Cape Town.
		Omar has been honoured with two Doctorates of Law, from the University of Fort Hare in 1993 and the University of Durban Westville in 1996.
	www.dfa.gov.za /docs/2004/omar0318.htm (470 words)

	Article 40: Remembering Dullah Omar (1934 - 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dullah felt very strongly about children in prison and originally chaired the non-government consortium that drafted the first proposals for a new juvenile justice system for South Africa.
		It was Dullah who decided that the drafting of a new law relating to child offenders should be done through the South African Law Commission.
		He appointed the committee that drafted the Bill, and it was surely no coincidence that the committee was made up of people from the non-government sector who had worked on the ground in relation to children in the criminal justice system, and who had been at the forefront of calling for change.
	www.communitylawcentre.org.za /children/2004art40/vol6_no1_omar.php (702 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Omar, whose parents arrived in Cape Town from Gujarat in the early 1930s was taken seriously ill last week and was hospitalised in Cape Town, family sources said.
		Anti-apartheid activist Omar was appointed Minister of Justice by the former President, Nelson Mandela, in the new democracy government in 1994 and later made Minister of Transport by the current President, Thabo Mbeki, in 1999.
		Omar, who visited India several times during his tenure as Minister of Justice and Minister of Transport, began a struggle against apartheid while still a student in Cape Town.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004031401320900.htm&date=2004/03/14/&prd=th& (133 words)

	Star - Intelligent and humble man laid to rest
		Mbeki, who accompanied the bier from Omar's house to the stadium, said Omar had understood that his education had meaning only if it was put to use in serving the community.
		Cape Town mayor, Nomaindia Mfeketo said: "Dullah Omar's death is a great loss to the nation, the city of Cape Town and all the people of this country.
		Omar was later buried according to Muslim rites at the nearby Doringhoogte cemetery.
	www.thestar.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=128&fArticleId=374009 (449 words)

	Salaam Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dullah Omar was the spokesman for Nelson Mandela in the months leading to his 1990 release from prison and a part of the African National Congress team in the negotiations for the end of the white rule in South Africa.
		Omar piloted legislation to abolish a myriad of oppressive racial statues.
		Omar had established a distinguished record as a lawyer, long before he assumed government office, and defended the poor and oppressed.
	www.salaam.co.uk /knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=2342 (345 words)

	The Herald : News
		Cape Town — Transport Minister Dullah Omar was still in critical condition at a Cape Town hospital last night.
		Mr Mbeki said he had been keeping in touch with the Omar family, and his wife, Zanele Mbeki, was with Mr Omar and his wife, Farida.
		While Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe was standing in for Mr Omar, the minister had kept in touch with his portfolio from his hospital bed.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2004/03/12/news/n29_12032004.htm (346 words)

	:: MWEB News :: >> Well-wishes flood in for very ill Omar
		Transport Minister Dullah Omar is still in a critical condition at Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in Cape Town.
		Omar has been receiving treatment for Hodgkins-Classic, a form of cancer of the lymph node, diagnosed last January.
		Mabaya said that even while Omar was ill, and Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe was standing in for him.
	new.mweb.co.za /tiscali/news/news_story.jsp?content=116326 (374 words)

	Cape Times - Dullah Omar, principled freedom fighter and supporter of non-racial sport
		It is no coincidence that the funeral service of anti-apartheid activist and human rights lawyer Dullah Omar was at Vygieskraal Sports Stadium, one of the homes of non-racial sport and one of the many sports venues he visited to watch non-racial sport.
		Omar never went to sports venues like the Newlands rugby and cricket stadiums because he was aware of the double standards resolution, which forbid support for so-called
		Last month I again wanted Omar to be a guest speaker and guest of honour, where the "stars from behind the bars" were to be honoured.
	www.capetimes.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=273&fArticleId=376063 (793 words)

	BreakingNews.ie - 2004/03/13: Anti-apartheid stalwart Omar dies
		Transport minister Dullah Omar, a leading human rights lawyer and anti-apartheid activist who was justice minister in South Africa’s first fl-lead government, died today of cancer.
		Omar had been battling Hodgkins Classic, a cancer of the lymph nodes, for more than a year.
		A leading member of the ruling African National Congress, Omar was a spokesman for former President Nelson Mandela in the months leading to his release after 27 years in jail.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2004/03/13/story138159.asp (431 words)

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