Collins Chabane: A man of many talents

Yesterday morning South Africa awoke, not to the latest scandal in the Sunday papers, but to the tragic death of Collins Chabane. As minister of Public Service and Administration, Chabane had kept a relatively low profile. But in his previous role of Minister of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, he was hugely important, setting up a department and trying to give it real teeth. But all of that may even be eclipsed by the role he played in the Struggle.