Thabo Mbeki Foundation pays tribute to elder statesman Andrew Mlangeni
Struggle icon was ‘prophetic in speaking out against the violations of the ANC’s ethos’
22 July 2020 - 18:22
News that Andrew Mlangeni has passed away has been received with genuine grief and sadness by many people in SA. Ntate Mlangeni, born June 6 1925 in Bethlehem, the Free State, passed away after a short illness on July 21.
Mlangeni came from a farm labourer family who were evicted while he was of a tender age. That is what brought him and his widowed mother to Johannesburg in search of work. From those humble beginnings was born and nurtured one who was to be driven by a passion for justice, a disdain for apartheid, and ultimately had the makings of a revolutionary...
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