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Govan Mbeki
Under arrest in 1963
Co-Deputy Chairperson of National Council of Provinces *alongside Bulelani Ngcuka
In office 1997–1999
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
Naledi Pandor
Deputy President of Senate of South Africa
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
position renamed
Secretary of MK
In office 1961–1963
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
position abolished
Personal details
Born
Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki
(1910-07-09)9 July 1910 Mpukane Location, Nqamakwe district, Union of South Africa[1]
Died
30 August 2001(2001-08-30) (aged 91) Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa
Political party
African National Congress South African Communist Party
Spouse
Epainette Mbeki
(m. 1940)
Children
Linda Mbeki (daughter; born 1941, died 2003) Thabo Mbeki (son; born 1942) Moeletsi Mbeki (son; born 1945) Jama Mbeki (son; born 1948, died 1982)
Occupation
anti-apartheid activist
Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki (9 July 1910 – 30 August 2001) was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the son of Chief Sikelewu Mbeki and Johanna Mahala and also the father of the former South African president Thabo Mbeki and political economist Moeletsi Mbeki. He was a leader of the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress. After the Rivonia Trial, he was imprisoned (1963–1987) on charges of terrorism and treason, together with Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba, Ahmed Kathrada and other eminent ANC leaders, for their role in the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was sometimes mentioned by his nickname "Oom Gov".
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Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki (9 July 1910 – 30 August 2001) was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the...
under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999. The son of GovanMbeki, a renowned ANC intellectual, Mbeki has been involved in ANC politics since 1956, when...
former President Thabo Mbeki and son of ANC leader GovanMbeki. He has been a frequent critic of President Mbeki. Moeletsi Goduka Mbeki has a background in...
GovanMbeki Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala iGovanMbeki; Afrikaans: GovanMbeki Munisipaliteit), formerly the Highveld East Local Municipality, is a local...
former President of South Africa, Dr. Thabo Mbeki. and widow of political activist and Rivonia trialist GovanMbeki. She lived in Ngcingwane, a rural hamlet...
mbeki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mbeki is a surname of South African and Xhosa origin. Notable people with the surname include: GovanMbeki,...
The GovanMbeki Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member...
Synagogue and led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, GovanMbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Denis Goldberg, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsoaledi, Andrew...
and the atmosphere of political unrest. Leading ANC officials such as GovanMbeki and Walter Sisulu were released from prison between 1987 and 1989, and...
Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Winnie Mandela, GovanMbeki, Alfred Xuma, Cecilia Makiwane, Noni Jabavu, Thabo Mbeki, Chris Hani, Bantu Holomisa, Steve Biko,...
in prison. Well known for being sentenced, along with Nelson Mandela, GovanMbeki, Walter Sisulu and others in the Rivonia Trial, he was an active member...
eventually flows into the Limpopo River in Mozambique. Bethal lies in the GovanMbeki Local Municipality (formerly Highveld East Local Municipality) situated...
eMbalenhle is a township in GovanMbeki Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was established in the 1970s to serve as a black-only...
kicks off". Mail & Guardian. 1 January 2002. Retrieved 28 November 2021. "Mbeki sued over apartheid era". BBC News Online. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 28 November...
Epainette Mbeki, political activist, mother of Thabo Mbeki and wife to GovanMbeki (1916–2014) GovanMbeki, political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki (1910–2001)...
opponents of the apartheid regime who attended included Nelson Mandela, GovanMbeki and Oliver Tambo of the African National Congress, Mangosuthu Buthelezi...
Apartheid pass laws at the New Brighton Railway Station which also included GovanMbeki, Raymond Mhlaba and Vuyisile Mini and other men. She was one of the first...
Trial, and was imprisoned on Robben Island with Mandela, Walter Sisulu, GovanMbeki and other revolutionary prisoners. In prison he secretly transcribed...
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Mac Maharaj D. F. Malan Nelson Mandela GovanMbeki Thabo Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba Benjamin Moloise Albertina Sisulu Walter Sisulu...
his duties to GovanMbeki, and Mbeki edited the newspaper until 1943 when he resigned. However, the other version states that GovanMbeki was never the...
and activist. (b. 1933) 30 August – GovanMbeki, South African political activist and the father of Thabo Mbeki. (b. 1910) 2 September – Christiaan Barnard...
Mugabe and his authoritarian ZANU-PF ruling party. He also censured Thabo Mbeki for failing in his role as the Southern African Development Community's...
George Matanzima Kaiser Matanzima Florence Matomela GovanMbeki Thabo Mbeki Moeletsi Mbeki Epainette Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba, first Premier of the Eastern Cape...
reflected in then President Thabo Mbeki's eulogy for him. Although Mathanzima was said to have been a harsh ruler, Mbeki looked at the positive legacies...
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