GEORGE NEWS - At the meeting of the University of the Third Age (U3A) on 23 February, David Steward will deliver a lecture entitled "The Constitution and how it has held up after 22 years".
Steward has had a varied and wide-ranging career.
He started as a journalist at the South African Department of Foreign Affairs which took him to Canberra, Ottowa and finally to the United Nations in New York, where he served two years as ambassador and permanent representative for South Africa.
Having been heavily involved in the independence of Namibia he was then appointed head of the Bureau of Information, which was later transformed to become the South African Communication Service.
In the early '90s, Steward became the director-general (chief of staff) in President FW de Klerk's office and secretary of the Cabinet.
In these capacities he was closely involved with the democratic transformation of South Africa and served as head of De Klerk's office in the government of national unity.
Steward retired in 1996 but continued working with De Klerk and co-authored his autobiography, The last trek - a new beginning, as well as being his principal speech writer.
Together they founded the FW de Klerk Foundation in 1999 and he is now the chairman of the foundation.
This lecture should be of great interest to all of us at the present time and the U3A welcomes as many visitors as wish to come.
The venue is Emmaüs in Memorium Street and the lecture will start at 10:30.
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