Ambrose Zwane

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Ambrose Phesheya Zwane ( 1922 - March 18, 1998 ) was a Swaziland politician and opposition leader in Swaziland .

Life

Ambrose Zwane was born the son of Amos Zwane, an adviser to Sobhuza II , who was crowned King of Swaziland in 1921. Since Amos Zwane was in London with Sobhuza II at the time his son was born, Ambrose Zwane received the middle name Phesheya (German: "Übersee").

Zwane studied medicine at the University of Fort Hare and the Witwatersrand University in South Africa until 1951 and was the first Swazi to complete his medical degree with a doctorate.

Zwane belonged to the opposition Swaziland Progressive Party (SPP), but on April 12, 1963, together with Prince Dumisa, he founded the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), of which he became chairman. The NNLC was pan-African , left-wing, and anti-traditional. In the parliamentary elections in 1967 his party won no mandate. However, in 1972 the NNLC won three of the 24 seats, including a mandate for Zwane, but was banned by Sobhuza II in 1973 like all other political parties . Zwane was the only opposition leader to publicly protest against it. He was arrested several times without charge and was finally able to flee to Tanzania via Mozambique . The local President Julius Nyerere stood up for him, so that Zwane could return to Swaziland in 1979. However, his health was in poor health and was no longer allowed to be politically active. Even so, he remained president of the NNLC.

Zwane died on March 18, 1998 and was buried on March 28, 1998. King Mswati III also attended the ceremony . part.

aftermath

The NNLC is still banned. After Zwane's death, however, the new chairman Obed Dlamini - a former prime minister - was elected and new statutes were adopted. Dlamini participated as a single candidate in the 2003 general election and received a constituency seat in the House of Assembly .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information at blackwellreference.com ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ^ A b c Political Movements and the Challenges for Democracy in Swaziland. Outline of the democracy movement in Swaziland by Joshua Bheki Nzizi (2005) (English, PDF file; 966 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Zwane, Ambrose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zwane, Ambrose Phesheya (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swaziland politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1998