Succeeded by Kebby Maphatsoe Nationality South Africa | Name Thabang Makwetla Party African National Congress | |
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Born 18 May 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-05-18 ) Political party African National Congress Similar People Jacob Zuma, David Mabuza, Oliver Tambo, Nkosazana Dlamini‑Zuma, Nelson Mandela | ||
Defence minister thabang makwetla and sandf chief general solly shoke visited soldiers
Thabang Samson Phathakge Makwetla (born 18 May 1957) is the current Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services in South Africa with special responsibility for Correctional Services, former Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and former Premier of Mpumalanga. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Inside of the ANC, he is a supporter of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. As a consequence of this support and Jacob Zuma's election as ANC President at the 2007 party conference, Makwetla will lose his position of regional chairperson of Mpumalanga.
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- Defence minister thabang makwetla and sandf chief general solly shoke visited soldiers
- SANDF doing many good things for SA Thabang Makwetla
- Exile
- Education
- References
SANDF doing many good things for SA: Thabang Makwetla
Exile
Makwetla joined the South African Students Movement in 1974 and went into exile in 1976, joining the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe in the same year. While in exile, he lived in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho and Zambia. Besides receiving an education abroad, Makwetla served the South African Communist Party in the Botswana region from 1986 to 1988.
Education
Makwetla graduated from Mmabathoana High School in Lesotho in 1977 and later from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia.