south africa codesa multi party negotiations which brought about the new democratic dispensation in the country further remembers that he served as an anc member of parliament before joining the united democratic movement pan africanist congress and the alliance for democracy and prosperity recalls that mister ramodike was forced to leave active politics in two thousand seven due to ill health and later rejoined the anc in twenty ten acknowledges his important contribution during the struggle for democracy and conveys its deepest condolences to his family friends and colleagues