Joe Gqabi

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Joe Nzingo Gqabi [ ˈɡ̊ǃʱabi ] (born November 30, 1927 in Aliwal North , Cape Province , according to other information 1928 or 1929 , † July 31, 1981 in Harare , Zimbabwe ) was a South African anti- apartheid activist. He was a journalist and joined the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). As a representative of the African National Congress (ANC) in Zimbabwe, he was shot dead by a South African homicide squad .

Life

From 1950 Gqabi was active as an organizer in the ANC Youth League . In the mid-1950s, Gqabi became a member of the ANC. At the same time he got a job with the left-wing New Age newspaper , where he worked as an investigative reporter and photographer. In the course of the Sharpeville massacre and the subsequent state of emergency, Gqabi was one of around 2,000 political prisoners. In 1961 he went into exile and joined the military wing of the ANC, MK. Gqabi took part in several MK military operations. He was caught in what was then Southern Rhodesia and sentenced in South Africa to two years in prison for illegally crossing the border. He was arrested again shortly after his release and sentenced to ten years in prison under the Sabotage Act , which he served on Robben Island . There he met prominent prisoners such as Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu , Govan Mbeki and Ahmed Kathrada .

After he was released again in 1975, he was not allowed to be politically active; however, he did not obey the order. So he was active in 1976 in the Soweto uprising . In 1977 he was one of the twelve accused of the Pretoria Twelve ; Gqabi was acquitted. In 1977 he left the country again. He lived in Botswana , from where he moved to Zambia for security reasons , and was a member of the National Executive Committee and the Politico-Military Council of the ANC. In 1980 he was appointed the highest representative of the ANC in the newly independent Zimbabwe. In 1981 he was murdered there by a detachment of the South African security forces by 19 shots.

Joe Gqabi was married and had two sons.

aftermath

Gqabi received a state funeral in Zimbabwe. In 2004 his body was exhumed in Harare and reburied in a cemetery in his hometown.

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at whoswho.co.za (English; archive version)
  2. ↑ a b c d Joe Nzingo Mqabi (1928–1981) at presidency.gov.za (English), accessed April 17, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g portrait at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on November 1, 2015
  4. ↑ a b Minutes (1996) of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Gqabi's murder (English), accessed on November 1, 2015
  5. ↑ a b c Portrait at anc.org.za ( memento from April 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on November 1, 2015
  6. ↑ Report at allafrica.com (English), accessed on November 1, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gqabi, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gqabi, Joe Nzingo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African anti-apartheid activist
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: November 30, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Aliwal North , Cape Colony
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1981
Place of death Harare