Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
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- Dhlamini (clan mane)
- James (alias)
- Oom Gov
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Description area
Dates of existence
9 July 1910 - 30 August 2001
History
Historian, anti-apartheid activist, and leading member of the ANC and the SACP. Served on the High Command of MK. Father of former South African president Thabo Mbeki 1999–2008). Convicted in the Rivonia Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. Released from Robben Island Prison, 1987. Served in South Africa’s post-apartheid Senate, 1994–97, as deputy president of the Senate, and as a member of its successor, the National Council of Provinces, 1997–99. Awarded the ANC’s highest honour, Isitwalandwe Seaparankoe, in 1980. Clan name, Zizi.
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Related entity
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa (18 June 1942 -)
Identifier of the related entity
ZA-COM-01317
Category of the relationship
family
Type of relationship
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa is the child of Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
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Mbeki, Moeletsi (9 November 1945 -)
Identifier of the related entity
ZA-COM-01534
Category of the relationship
family
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Mbeki, Moeletsi is the parent of Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
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Mbeki, Eppainette (16 February 1916 - 7 June 2014)
Identifier of the related entity
ZA-COM-01535
Category of the relationship
family
Type of relationship
Mbeki, Eppainette is the spouse of Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
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ZA-COM-01318
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"James" is a pseudonym of Mbeki's (Rivonia Trial Prosecution Papers, MS.385_7_0103.jpg).