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About Sue van der Merwe
Susan Comber van der Merwe (nΓ©e Young; born 29 May 1954) is a South African politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2004 to November 2010. Before that, she was parliamentary counsellor to President Thabo Mbeki from January 2001 to April 2004. Formerly a Black Sash activist in the Cape Province, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from January 1996 until her resignation in October 2013.
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βNot doing your best and putting the utmost into it was not acceptable,β
βMy mum will tell stories of me hiding behind her skirt when we went up the road to visit her closest friend, whose daughter was my best friend.β
βAnd I wouldnβt go into the convenience store. Mum would pull up outside and ask if I would run in and get a loaf of bread. I would say: βOh no, I wonβt go in.β I was way too shy.ββ
βIβve loved this industry for so long and am so passionate about it. People talk about lotteries as something that provides a lift in their day. [The lottery] gives people something to hope for and to look forward to.β
βThere have been licences come up overseas, where theyβve been short term and the government wanted to retain control over lots of important elements, around what products you can have, whether you can change them and the retail network.β
About Sue van der Merwe
Susan Comber van der Merwe (nΓ©e Young; born 29 May 1954) is a South African politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2004 to November 2010. Before that, she was parliamentary counsellor to President Thabo Mbeki from January 2001 to April 2004. Formerly a Black Sash activist in the Cape Province, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from January 1996 until her resignation in October 2013.