He appeared at a press conference with then-SACP general secretary Joe Slovo when it was announced that the party would be relaunching as a legal body in July 1990.Īt this launch, held on 29 July 1990, it was announced that Maharaj was a member of the SACP's central committee, and he was also named as a member of the party's 22-person interim leadership group. On his return, he assisted in the organisation and restructuring of the SACP. Following the unbanning of the ANC and the South African Communist Party, he had to leave the country and re-enter legally under an indemnity from prosecution, agreed to between the ANC and the government. A senior official in the political department of the ANC, Maharaj was elected to its national executive committee at the 1985 Kabwe Conference.įrom 1987 to 1990, Maharaj worked underground within South Africa, as part of Operation Vula.
Following instructions from the ANC, he left South Africa in July 1977 and was deployed by the organisation in Lusaka. Maharaj was refused permission to take up employment in central Durban and could therefore not earn a living. His wife had left the country in 1974 on an exit permit and was living in London. On his release, Maharaj was served with a five-year banning order prohibiting him from leaving his Merebank, Durban, home at night. Whilst in prison, he completed a B.Admin, an MBA and the second year of a B.Sc degree before his release on 8 December 1976. Maharaj was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment, which he served on Robben Island. In July 1964, he was arrested in Johannesburg, charged and convicted with four others on charges of sabotage in what became known as the Little Rivonia trial. Maharaj worked for a firm of attorneys in Johannesburg whilst spending a great deal of his time on political matters. He returned on with his first wife, Ompragash. In 1960, following the Sharpeville massacre, the Congress movement asked him to return to South Africa and devote himself more fully to political work. In 1959 he became a part-time student at the London School of Economics where he began his LLB again. He decided to leave for the United Kingdom in August 1957, as he was unable to obtain a permit to study law in the Cape or Transvaal. However, the faculty closed down in 1957.įollowing the arrests of Congress leaders for the 1956 treason trial, Maharaj was asked to take over the running of the New Age newspaper. In 1956 the 'Non-European' section of the university opened an LLB faculty where he completed his first year. In addition he edited the students newspaper, Student Call, from1955-56. Whilst at university, Maharaj served on the Students' Representative Council, campaigned against the segregation of students and supported the boycott of the separate graduation ceremonies held at the time. He matriculated at St Oswald's School and enrolled for a BA degree at the University of Natal, Durban, as a part time student. MacG enjoys relaxing to a good old game of FIFA while listening to the radio.Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. When he’s not on air, in studio or at one of his many gigs. MacG has toured South Africa extensively and has shared the DJ Booth with international and local DJ’s, including DJ Diplo, Afrojack, David Guetta, Black Coffee, DJ Fresh, Euphonik and Louie Vega amongst others. He also played at the after party of the first ever MTV African Music Awards in Nigeria, leaving the fun-loving locals in awe. His successes landed him the opportunity to tour Africa with MTV Base performing in Angola, Mozambique.
MacG is known for heating up dance floors with house and dance music at the biggest events around South Africa.
Since 2010 he has been at Joburg’s no 1 hit music station, 947, where he hosts weeknights 10pm-01am and a dance show on Saturday 6-9pm called the 947 Bloc Party. His popularity rose significantly when he started hosting the early morning show during weekdays and later the lunchtime show also on weekdays.
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He eventually left television to pursue his radio career full time and in 2006, He moved to a Gauteng based radio station YFM – where he hosted a variety of shows from the graveyard slot on weekends to the Top. From 2000 to 2005, MacG presented a youth programme on etv called Craze. Macgyver Mukwevho, widely known as MacG, is a well-known South African radio DJ and house music producer.
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