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National
President
The Honourable Dr. Mosibudi Mangena
Former Minister of Science and Technology
He was born on August 7, 1947 in
Tzaneen in the Northern Province. He is married and has two
children.
Education
He completed his primary school education in 1964 at Lethabong
Primary School in Wallmansthal, near Pretoria. He attended
Wallmansthal Secondary School from 1965 - 1967, where he
obtained his Junior Certificate with distinction. He
matriculated at Hebron Training Institute in 1969. He then
proceeded to enrol at Unversity of Zululand (Ngoye) for a Bsc
degree. He holds a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics from
the University of Azania(UNISA).
Political Activism
In 1971 Mangena became active in the South African Students
Organisation(SASO) after being elected to the Students
Representative Council (SRC), an affiliate of SASO.At the end of
1971 Mangena discontinued his studies due to victimisation by
the university for his political activites. In 1971 he moved
back to Pretoria where he became active in the local branch of
SASO, PRESO and was soon elected Chairman in the mid 1972
Mangena was instrumental in convening the interim structure of
the Black People's Convention(BPC). On December 17, 1972, he was
elected as the first National Organiser of the Black People's
Convention at its founding Congress.
In June 1973 he was arrested in the Johannesburg offices of the
BPC and detained under Section 6 of Terrorism Act. He was
incarcerated without trial for over three months in a Port
Elizabeth jail. On October 3, 1973, Mangena was convicted and
sentenced to five years imprisonment on Robben Island. He became
the first Black Consciousness activist to be imprisoned on
Robben Island. On his release he was banned for five years and
banished to Mahwelereng, near Potgietersrus. On August 3, 1981,
at the request of the BCMA, he left for Botswana with his
family. He was elected Chairperson of the Botswana Region of the
BCMA in 1981 and in August 1982 was elected Chairperson of the
Central Committee of the BCMA.
He is the author of three books, namely: On Your Own; A Twin
World; and A Quest For True Humanity. He is the Former Chairman
of Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) and
Commander-in-Chief of the Azanian National Liberation Army (AZANLA).
He returned to Azania from Zimbabwe on 27th July 1994. He was
elected National President of Azapo at its October 1994
Congress. He was re-elected President of Azapo in July 1998 at
Pretoria Technikon National Congress. After the 1999 General
election, he became the sole representative of Azapo in the
National Assembly and became the first black consciousness
activist to represent BCM in parliament.
On January 26, 2001, he was sworn in as the National Deputy
Minister of Education. Once more, he became the first black
consciousness activist to be sworn in as the Deputy Minister.
Dr. Mosibudi Mangena is the former Minister of Science and
Technology.
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