Leon Wessels

**U-Leon Wessels** (owazalwa ngo-19 Ephreli 1946) ungummeli waseNingizimu Afrika, usopolitiki kanye nezishoshovu owayesebenza kuhulumeni omncane weqembu leNational Party ngesikhathi sobandlululo. izenzo zalowo hulumeni.

Potchefstroom University

## Izimfundo
Wangena esikoleni e-Hoerskool Monument eKrugersdorp, eNingizimu Afrika. Uthe uma eqeda umatikuletsheni ngonyaka u-1963 waya e-Potchefstroom University wayothola izinga lakhe lezomthetho(LLB) ngo-1972 bese ngonyaka u-2001 waya e-Rand Afrikaans University wayothola izinga lezomthetho (LLD). Ngenkathi engakatholi isiqu wayengusihlalo we Potchefstroom's Students' Representative Council (SRC), bese kusuka ngonyaka 1971-1973 wayengumongameli we-*Afrikaner Studentebond* (ASB) okwakuyinhlangano yabafundi eyafundisa abelungu abaningi ezepolitiki.

## Ubupolitiki ngenkathi yebandlululo

UWessels wangenela ezepolitiki ngonyaka-1997 ngenkathi ekhethwa  njengelunga le-National Party lasephalamende lesifunda saseKrugersdorp. Wathola amathuba amaningi wokuthi abephezulu eKhabhinethi wagcina esengungqongqoshe woHulumeni wasekhaya.

## Emva Kobandlululo
Ngo-1999 wabekwa kwIkhomishini Yamalungelo Esintu YaseNingizimu Afrika lapha khona waba nesibopho ku-Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000, umthetho wokuthi umphakathi wazi ukuthi kwenzakalani emabhizinisini, kuHulumeni kanye nezihlangene nomphakathi. 

## Ezoqobo Lwakhe

Umfazi wakhe uTersia Wessels waba ilunga lesishayamthetho sase-Gauteng eyayimele i-Congress Of The People.ULeon Wessels wakhula engakwazi ukukhetha ukuba angakwazi ukuziphilela impilo elula ngoba abanye abafana naye ngalesikhathi bebangena ezintweni zepolitiki. Uyindodana yephoyisa, wazalelwa eKroonstad e-Orange Free State, eningizimu ye-Afrikanerdom, ngo-1946. Umndeni wathuthela eGoli, lapho aqala khona isikole, kepha washeshe wathuthela eVryburg lapho afunda khona eStellaland Laeterskool. Waphothula esikoleni samabanga aphansi ePort Natal School, eThekwini, indawo eyayihlala amaNgisi, kwathi ngo-1963 wenza umatikuletsheni esuka eMonument Hoerskool eKrugersdorp   waphinda futhi wabuyela ezweni lobuhlungu labantu base-Afrikaner.

UWessels wafunda eSouth African Police College kusuka ngo-1964 kuya ku-1996, esebenza njengomfundisi futhi eyilungu lamaphoyisa agibele izandla. Ngo-1997, wabhalisa ePotchefsroom University, i-alma mater yaseFW de Klerk nokunye okuningi okuvelele kokusungulwa kwe-Afrikaner. Lapho aqeda khona iziqu zeBJur neBCom ngo-1970 kanye ne-LLB yakhe ngo-1972. Ngo-197,1 wanikezwa umfundaze wase-Abe Bailey e-UK.Ngenkathi eseyunivesithi wanikezwa i-medallion yobuholi, impumelelo yokufunda kanye nenkonzo emphakathini wezitshudeni. Wayengusihlalo woMkhandlu omele Abafundi kanye nomongameli we-Afrikaner Studentebond, kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1973. Ekuphatheni kokugcina, wethule ubufakazi ngaphambi kweKhomishini yeSchlesbusch ye-Inquiry into yeChristian Institute, iNational Union of South African Student, iSouth African Institute of Race Relations kanye neNyuvesi iChristian Christian Institute ukuchaza ukuthi i-ASB yahlelwa futhi yaqhutshwa kanjani.1 Isihluthulelo Udaba lwabafundi abamhlophe ngaleso sikhathi lwalubandakanya ukuxhumana nezitshudeni zabamnyama ezazihlelwe inhlangano yabamnyama iSouth African 'Organisation South Africa' (SASO), eyayitholakala ngamakhampasi abamnyama.

UWessels wayeyingxenye yethimba labafundi basePotchefstroom, elalixhumane ngokusemthethweni noMkhandlu wabafundi / Wamele iNyuvesi yasenyakatho. Lapho, wahlangana no-Abraham Ongeposte Tiro no-Aubrey Mokoena, bobabili abahola abantu abaqwashisa abantu abamnyama, futhi umhlangano waba nethonya elikhulu ekubukeni kukaWessels ngesimo saseNingizimu Afrika (uTiro wabulawa ekuqhumeni kwebhomu okwakukholakala ukuthi kungumsebenzi waseNingizimu Afrika. Ama-ejenti ase-Afrika.)

Ngenkathi ngisekolishi, uWessels wahlangana nezibalo eziphezulu emibuthanweni ye-Afrikaner. Kubandakanya uWimpie de Klerk   bonke ababesemgudwini we-verligte ukunyakaza futhi banethonya kufilosofi lezepolitiki likaWessels owayesebenze njengomshushisi ngesikhathi samaholideyunivesithi, uWessels wajoyina iGoli njengommeli ngo-1973. Ngo-1974, wakhethwa. ilungu leTransvaal Provincial for Krugersdorp, futhi ngonyaka ofanayo wakhonza kwi-Federation of the Federation of Junior Rapportryers. Kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1974 wayengumholi weNasionale Juegbond eTransvaal futhi wasebenza njengelungu le-ex-udindoo lesigungu esiphezulu seTransvaal namakomidi amakhulu eNational Party (NP

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