Anti-apartheid veteran Eric 'Stalin' Mtshali dies aged 87
Mtshali was a member of the SACP‚ an anti-apartheid icon and one of the key figures in the formation of the South African Council of Trade Unions
Struggle stalwart‚ veteran communist and trade unionist Eric “Stalin” Mtshali has died‚ the ANC announced on Friday. Mtshali was a member of the SACP‚ an anti-apartheid icon and one of the key figures in the formation of the South African Council of Trade Unions (Sactu). Born in Durban‚ Mtshali joined the anti-apartheid movement straight after high school. He died on Friday at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital after a long illness. He was 87 years old. “Although we were aware of his ill health‚ we were nursing hopes that he would recover and be with us once again‚” the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said.
The provincial ANC described Mtshali as a solution-driven leader and said that his death was “a depletion of solid leaders who are the custodians of the culture and values of the alliance”. “In all meetings he offered analysis on the challenges experienced by the ANC in implementing programmes aimed at driving the transformation of society, and offered solutions on how to...
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