ENG: Mosibudi Mangena (born 1947) is the former Minister of Science and Technology in South Africa and President of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO).
He was born in Tzaneen, matriculated from Hebron Training College in 1969 and achieved an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of South Africa (called the University of Azania on the AZAPO website). He joined the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and was elected onto the Students Representative Council at the University of Zululand in 1971. Moving back to Pretoria, he became chairperson of the SASO Pretoria branch in 1972. He chaired the Botswana region of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) in 1981 and the BCMA central committee from 1982 to 1994.
He returned from exile in 1994 and became ...
Torn between the dictates of his conscience and helping to avoid instability, this is the dilemma that faces Azapo President Mosibudi Mangena, the only non-ANC member of President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet, about whether he should quit the executive. Mangena, who is the Science and Technology Minister, said Pietermaritzburg Judge Chris Nicholson was wrong when he inferred that Mbeki and his executive had interfered in the National Prosecuting Authority's prosecutorial decisions. "The judge (Nicholson) was wrong as a matter of fact. Never as a cabinet did we discuss or say who should be charged and ...
