Global InformationCurnick Ndlovu information
Curnick Ndlovu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1994–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muzivukile Curnick Ndlovu 27 July 1932 Matatiele, Transkei Cape Province, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 22 May 2002 (aged 69) Sherwood, Durban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Beauty Rose Ndlovu |
Muzivukile Curnick Ndlovu (27 July 1932 – 22 May 2002), also spelled Muzuvukile, was a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist, and trade unionist. A veteran of the African National Congress, he represented the party in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament from 1994 to 1999. He was also a former national chairperson of the United Democratic Front, a former secretary of the Railway and Harbour Workers' Union, and a former regional commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Natal Province.
Born in the Transkei, Ndlovu rose to political prominence through the Railway and Harbour Workers' Union, an affiliate of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, which he joined in 1956 while a railway worker in Natal. He was an early recruit to MK and served as head of its inaugural regional command in Natal from 1961 to 1963. Following his arrest in June 1963, he was convicted of involvement in MK's sabotage campaign and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, served primarily on Robben Island. After his release from prison in September 1983, Ndlovu became active in the Natal branch of the United Democratic Front, and he was elected as the front's chairperson in 1985.