Jacobus Albert Rabie (August 1938 – 29 April 2008) was a South African politician who was Minister for Population Development under President F. W. de Klerk from 1993 to 1994.
He became the Labour Party's chairman in the Transvaal in 1982 and was elected to the House of Representatives under its banner when the Tricameral Parliament was established in 1984.
[1] After launching an unsuccessful bid to become leader of the FCPP in 1975, Rabie fell out with the new party leadership, among other things over his support for political proposals which would see independent Coloured homelands established in each of South Africa's provinces.
[2] As leader of the UDP, Rabie advocated for the abolition of the Group Areas Act[3] and of the racially segregated Tricameral Parliament.
[4] In February 1993, during an advanced stage of South Africa's democratic transition, he was appointed to the cabinet of President F. W. de Klerk, who named him as Minister for Population Development.
[8] On 14 December 2006, Sandra, then aged 47,[9] was killed during a robbery at their home in Windmill Park on the East Rand; both Rabie and the couple's adopted son were present.