ENG: Gwede Mantashe was the Secretary-General of the National Union of Mineworkers until their 12th National Conference held in May 2006 where he was succeeded by Frans Baleni. He made history by becoming the first trade unionist to be appointed to the board of Directors of a JSE Limited-listed company, namely Samancor, in 1995.
He served for two years at Chairperson of the Technical Working Group of the Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa).
He is a chairperson of the South African Communist Party, and was elected Secretary-General of the African National Congress at the party's 52nd national conference in 2007.
Following a marathon meeting of the National Executive Commmittee (NEC) of the African National Congress held behind closed doors on 19 and 20 September 2008 ...
The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will not intervene in the Western Cape branch yet, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Saturday. "There was no decision on Western Cape," Mantashe told reporters at a press briefing in Esselen Park in Kempton Park in Johannesburg. He said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) was tasked with visiting three provinces, including the Eastern Cape and the North West, before the end of July. Mantashe said these three provinces were selected for review because "we have already reported to you that there were problems in these ...
