Aziz Pahad
October 2023
ACCORD is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Aziz Pahad, our longtime ACCORD Senior Political Advisor.
Having left South Africa in 1964, Pahad was responsible for developing the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the UK and Europe. In 1985 he was elected as member of the NEC of the ANC, a position he held until 2008. In 1990 Pahad returned to South Africa and in 1991 was appointed Deputy Head of the ANC’s Department of International Relations. He also became a member of the National Peace Executive Committee. In 1994 he served on the Transitional Executive Council’s Sub-Council on Foreign Affairs, before been elected that year as a Member of Parliament. He was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position he held until 2008. In 2009 Pahad was appointed as a Senior Advisor and Consultant to the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO).
His presence and contribution was immeasurable, and his loss is profoundly felt. ACCORD extends its deepest condolences to the Pahad family.
Clifford Collings
January 2021
It is with great sadness that ACCORD announces the death of one of its Senior Managers, Clifford Collings, who passed away unexpectedly due to COVID on 08 January 2021.
He was the Chief Operating Officer of Africa Dispute Resolution (ADR) and ACCORD Development Consulting (ADC) from 2015-2020. Prior to this Clifford was a Group Executive at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) from 2007 – 2015 and the General Manager: Africa at the South African Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of International Relations and Cooperation – DIRCO) from 1995 – 2007.
He was married to Iris and was a proud father and grandfather. ACCORD extends its deepest condolences to the Collings family.