<P> After the unbanning of the ANC in February 1990, Kathrada served on the interim leadership committees of both the ANC and the South African Communist Party . He resigned from the latter position when he was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in July 1991 . During the same year, he was appointed as head of ANC public relations as well as a fellow of the University of the Western Cape's Mayibuye Centre . </P> <P> Kathrada went on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 1992 . </P> <P> In the first all - inclusive democratic South African elections in 1994, Kathrada was elected as a member of parliament for the ANC . in September 1994 he was appointed as the political advisor to President Mandela in the newly created post of Parliamentary Counsellor . In June 1999, Kathrada left parliamentary politics . </P> <P> In 1994 and 1995, Kathrada was elected as chairperson of the Robben Island Council . He remained the chairperson of the Robben Island Museum Council . On 27 October 2013, on the island, he launched the International Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouthi and All Palestinian Prisoners . </P>

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