OBITUARY: Key moments in Jackson Mthembu’s political career

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Mthembu died on Thursday morning after having tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month. The minister was 62 at the time of his death.

Below is a brief profile of the key moments in Mthembu’s political career:, Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was born in Witbank in 1958 in Mpumalanga.

Mthembu also contributed to the formation of the then Metal and Allied Workers Union – the predecessor of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa – in which he became a senior shop steward at Highveld Steel Corporation where he worked as a training officer. He was later promoted to be one of the first few black steel production foremen in the industry.

Mthembu was charged with sabotage, treason and terrorism between 1986 and 1988, and tried together with 30 other activists from Witbank in a trial that became known as the Bethal terrorism trial. He was later acquitted of the charges. Between 1990 and 1994, Mthembu worked full-time as ANC spokesperson in Mpumalanga and participated as part of the ANC staff component at the Codesa negotiations.

 

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