Andrew Mlangeni

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Andrew Mokete Mlangeni (born June 6, 1925 near Bethlehem , † July 21, 2020 in Pretoria ; nickname Tloks ) was a politician and anti- apartheid activist. As a member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was a companion of Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu .

Life

Mlangeni was born the ninth of 14 children. After the death of the father, a farm worker, the family got into financial difficulties, so that Mlangeni had to drop out of school in 1946 to earn money as a factory worker and later as a bus driver. Since 1945 he belonged to the South African Communist Party , in 1951 he joined the ANC Youth League and in 1954 he joined the ANC. In 1961 he was one of the first volunteers to be sent to the People's Republic of China for military training by the militant arm of the ANC, the Umkhonto we Sizwe . He returned in 1963, but was arrested on arrival. Mlangeni was the last survivor of the eleven defendants in the Rivonia trial and, like seven other defendants, was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage. He served the majority of his imprisonment on the prison island Robben Island near Cape Town . In 1989 he was released and moved back into his old house. A few weeks earlier, he had been denied permission to attend his twin sister's funeral.

From 1991 to 1997 he was a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC. In 1992 he was honored with the ANC's Isitwalandwe Medal, the ANC's highest honor. After the 1994 elections, he was a member of the South African National Assembly for the ANC until 1999 . As part of the Black Economic Empowerment , he ran the diamond mining company Matodzi Resources Ltd and founded the June and Andrew Mlangeni Foundation for charity. Since 2009, the now over 80-year-old has also had a contact office for the residents of his neighborhood.

Mlangeni was married and had ten children. He died in a Pretoria hospital on the evening of July 21, 2020 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alan Cowell: Andrew Mlangeni, Ally of Mandela in Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Dies at 95. In: nytimes.com . July 22, 2020, accessed on July 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni this. In: news24. July 22, 2020, accessed on July 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Andrew Mokete Mlangeni. In: South African History Online . Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Christian Selz A life for his people . In Junge Welt , July 24, 2020, p. 6
  5. ↑ South Africa: Anti-apartheid fighter Denis Goldberg is dead. In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 2020, accessed July 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Andrew Mlangeni. In: Who's Who Southern Africa. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ Annual report 2003. (pdf; 319 kB) Matodzi Resources Limited, January 30, 2004, archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Who is Andrew Mlangeni? Lobbying Corporation of South Africa, archived from the original on March 3, 2015 ; accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).
  9. ^ Andrew Mlangeni to receive honorary degree. In: eNCA. April 26, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018 .
  10. ^ Paul O'Sullivan: Mlangeni's Freedom of London re-invigorates Zuptoid hunter. In: BizNews. July 23, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mlangeni, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mlangeni, Andrew Mokete (full name); Tloks (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African anti-apartheid activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH at Bethlehem
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2020
Place of death Pretoria