Oscar Mpetha
Oscar Mafakafaka Mpetha OMSS was born in Mount Fletcher 5 August 1909 and died on 15 November 1994. He was a South African trade unionist and political activist.
Personal life
Mpetha was educated at local schools and at Adams College. In the 1930s, he married Rose Constance Nombunga Mpetha, they had two children. He died on 15 November 1994 at his Gugulethu home.[1]
Political career
In 1934 he went to Cape Town as a migrant worker.
He started his union activities when he was a road labourer in 1940[2] and began working as an assistant foreman. He had also previously been employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital orderly, and later as a factory worker.[3]
He joined the
Between 1958 and 1960, He led the Cape ANC, until it was banned. He was detained and banned under the
See also
- South African Trades Union Council
- South African Congress of Trade Unions
References
- ^ "Oscar Mpetha". South African History on line. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Oscar Mafakafaka Mpetha". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/united_democratic_front_udf_general_information.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Oscar Mpetha". Food and Allied Workers Union. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Oscar Mpetha". www.fawu.org.za. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/united_democratic_front_udf_general_information.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Oscar Mpetha". www.fawu.org.za. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018.
- ^ http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4176/1/Iris_Berger_-_Creating_solidarity,_food_and_canning_workers_at_the_cape_1940-60.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "United Democratic Front (UDF) - The O'Malley Archives". omalley.nelsonmandela.org. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Oscar Mpetha, Ally of Mandela And Labor Union Organizer, 85". New York Times. 21 November 1994. Retrieved 25 January 2016.