Anti-apartheid activist and politician from South Africa (1920–2005)
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Raymond Mhlaba
Premier of the Eastern Cape
In office 7 May 1994 – 4 February 1997
Preceded by
Position Established
Succeeded by
Makhenkesi Stofile
High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda
In office 1997–2001
President
Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki
Overall Commander of Umkhonto weSizwe
In office August 1962 – July 1963
Preceded by
Nelson Mandela
Succeeded by
Wilton Mkwayi
Personal details
Born
Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba
(1920-02-12)12 February 1920 Fort Beaufort, Cape Province (now Eastern Cape), South Africa
Died
20 February 2005(2005-02-20) (aged 85)
Political party
African National Congress South African Communist Party
Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba OMSG (12 February 1920 – 20 February 2005) was an anti-apartheid activist, Communist and leader of the African National Congress (ANC) also as well the first premier of the Eastern Cape. Mhlaba spent 25 years of his life in prison. Well known for being sentenced, along with Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu and others in the Rivonia Trial, he was an active member of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) all his adult life. His kindly manner brought him the nickname "Oom Ray".
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Romania and Czechoslovakia to establish contacts for the SACTU. Alongside RaymondMhlaba, Patrick Mthembu and Joe Gqabi, Wilton Mkwayi was sent for military...
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