Radhakrishna Lutchmana “Roy” Padayachie 1 May 1950 – 5 May 2012 was the Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa. He died in the early hours of 5 May 2012 in an Ethiopian hotel room, while on an official visit to that country. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1972 and served as Executive Member of
Abdullah Mohamed Omar 26 May 1934 – 13 March 2004, better known as Dullah Omar, was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 till his death. Contents 1Early life and education 2Anti-apartheid activities 3Government minister 4References 5External links Early life and education Born in Observatory, Cape Town, to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India. Omar attended Trafalgar
Philemon Pearce Dumasile Nokwe 13 May 1927, Evaton – 12 January 1978, known as Duma Nokwe, was a South African political activist and legislator, and served as the Secretary-General of the African National Congress from 1958 to 1969. Contents 1Education and political career 2Work in Exile 3Death 4References Education and political career He was educated at St. Peter’s school
Albert Nzula 1905 – 17 January 1934 was a South African politician and activist. Nzula was the first black secretary general of the Communist Party of South Africa. Contents 1Early life 2Political career 3Nzula in the Soviet Union 4Death 5Books by Albert Nzula 6See also 7References 7.1Sources cited 8External links Early life Nzula was
Jabulile Nyawose ? – June 4, 1982 was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Nyawose was killed in exile by a car bomb in an execution sanctioned by the South African government. She was posthumously honored with a silver Order of Luthuli in 2015. Biography Nyawose’s family were activists and her father
Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo 19 June 1925 – 13 January 2000 was a South African politician. He served as the longest-standing secretary-general of the African National Congress. He occupied this position (ANC) between 1969 and 1991. He was also the South African minister of foreign affairs from 1994 to 1999. He was also the first black health inspector in the country. The
William Frederick Nkomo 1915–1972 was a South African medical doctor, community leader, political activist and teacher from Pretoria. He was the founding chairman of the African National Congress Youth League. While at the University of the Witwatersrand, Nkomo was the first black student to serve on the Students Representative Committee. After graduation, he practiced as
Nkwenkwe Nkomo of South Africa is the group deputy chairman of FCB SA, South Africa’s largest marketing communication group, and chairperson of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa. He also served as one of 12 elected volunteer members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. As an anti-apartheid student activist
Vernon Nkadimeng 25 June 1958 in Alexandra – 21 May 1985 in Gaborone, Botswana was a member of the African National Congress who was killed while in exile in Botswana by the apartheid secret police. Life He fled South Africa following the 1976 Soweto uprising at the age of 18. He entered the Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in Angola, the
John Kgwana Nkadimeng June 1927 – 6 August 2020 was a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist and South African ambassador in Cuba. Nkadimeng was awarded the Order of Luthuli in 2003 by President Thabo Mbeki and Isitwalandwe in 2019 by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Contents 1Background and career 2Political life 3Death 4References Background and career John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in June