Priscilla Mokaba was a South African political activist. She was the mother of Peter Mokaba, a former deputy minister and member of parliament in South Africa. Priscilla was one of several political activists put in jail in South Africa during the 1980s. She was described as “a distinguished activist who had stood firm against the apartheid regime” by the African National Congress.
Peter Mokaba, OLG 7 January 1959 – 9 June 2002 was a member of the South African parliament, deputy minister in the government of Nelson Mandela and president of the South African governing party’s youth wing, the ANC Youth League. The Peter Mokaba Stadium, a Polokwane stadium used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was named after him. He was
Mapetla Mohapi was a member of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died in detention during Apartheid in 1976. Contents 1Early life and education 2Politics 3Death in detention 4Honours 5References Early life and education Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek in Sterkspruit (former Transkei) on 2 September 1947. He obtained a degree in Social Work from the University
Thabo Edwin Mofutsanyana was born in the Witsieshoek area in the Free State. He was a teacher, miner and journalist. Mofutsanyana became an active member of the Communist Party of South Africa and the African National Congress. He studied in the Lenin School in Moscow in the 1930s where he strengthened his political knowledge. A district municipality in the eastern Free State of South
Johannes “Joe” Modise 23 May 1929 – 26 November 2001 was a South African political figure. He helped to found Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its longest serving Commander in Chief, deputised at different points in time by Joe Slovo and Chris Hani. Modise headed MK for a 25-year
Billy Modise was an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and former ambassador. He was born on 18 December 1930 in Bloemfontein and died on 20 June 2018. Contents 1Early life 2Education 3Exile and return 4Marriage and family 5Accolades 6References Early life Billy Modise was born on 8 December 1930 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Education He received an
Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele 10 December 1948 – 14 June 1985 was a South African artist associated with the anti-apartheid politics of the African National Congress and the Black Consciousness Movement. His artistic career took off in the 1970s when he produced works dealing with the emotional and human consequences of oppression. By the 1980s, his work followed the trajectory of
Andrew Mokete Mlangeni 6 June 1925 – 21 July 2020, also known as Percy Mokoena, Mokete Mokoena, and Rev. Mokete Mokoena, was a South African political activist and anti-apartheid campaigner who, along with Nelson Mandela and others, was imprisoned after the Rivonia Trial. Contents 1Early life 2Later life 3Personal life 4Death 5References Early life Mlangeni was born in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. After having to
Johnson Phillip Mlambo 22 February 1940 – 9 January 2021 was a South African politician from Johannesburg. Contents 1Activism and political career 2Personal life and death 3References 4Further reading Activism and political career He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) at its foundation in 1959, becoming branch leader in Daveyton. In 1962, two years after its banning, he went
Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi 17 December 1923 – 24 July 2004 was an African National Congress veteran and one of the first six members of Umkonto weSizwe to be sent for military training. Contents 1Early life 2Political career 3Personal life 4See also 5References 6Further reading Early life Wilton “Bri-Bri” Zimasile Mkwayi was born in Chwarhu