Gavin Relly
Gavin Relly (1926 in Cape Town, South Africa – 10 January 1999 in Hermanus, South Africa) was a South African businessman and former chairman of Anglo American.
Early life[]
His grandfather was Sir Walter Stanford, who argued strongly but unsuccessfully for enfranchisement for Native Peoples regardless of race or colour at the National Convention of 1909, which led to the Union of South Africa.[1] Relly was educated at Diocesan College and Trinity College, Oxford before serving in Italy during the Second World War.[2] He then worked for Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party.[2] He joined Anglo American in 1949 and became the private secretary of Harry Oppenheimer and later of Ernest Oppenheimer.[2] He would later develop the company's gold mines in the Free State and oversaw the creation of Highveld Steel and Vanadium.[2] He became chairman of Anglo American in 1983.[2]
He led a group of South African businessmen who met with the banned African National Congress's representative Oliver Tambo in Lusaka, Zambia in 1985, resisting the pressures from then South African government.[3] He was succeeded by Julian Ogilvie Thompson in 1990.[2]
Death[]
Relly died of complications from cardiac surgery and was survived by his wife Jane, and children Janis, Georgina and Giles.[2]
References[]
- ^ The Inner History of the National Convention of South Africa, p118-145, 1912, Edgar Harris; Miller, Cape Town
- ^ a b c d e f g Jr, Donald G. McNeil (13 January 1999). "Gavin Relly, 72, Dies; Helped End Apartheid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Cowell, Alan. "SOUTH AFRICANS AND TOP REBELS MEET IN ZAMBIA". No. 1985–09–14. New York Times. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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