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Gwede Mantashe is a South African politician who has served as the Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) since 2017. He was previously the Minister of Mineral Resources from 2009 to 2018.
Mantashe was born on 21 June 1955 in Cala, Eastern Cape. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979. He then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of South Africa in 1982.
Mantashe began his political career in the ANC in the early 1980s, and was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee in 1997. He was elected as the Secretary-General of the ANC in 2017.
Mantashe has been a member of the South African Parliament since 2004, and was appointed as the Minister of Mineral Resources in 2009. He served in this position until 2018, when he was replaced by Minister Mosebenzi Zwane.
Mantashe is estimated to have a net worth of around $2 million.
| Popular As |
Samson Gwede Mantashe |
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| Age |
69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
21 June 1955 |
| Birthday |
21 June |
| Birthplace |
Cala, Cape Province
Union of South Africa |
| Nationality |
South Africa |
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Gwede Mantashe Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Gwede Mantashe's Wife?
His wife is Nolwandle Mantashe
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| Wife |
Nolwandle Mantashe |
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Buyambo Mantashe, Mbasa Mantashe, Chuma Mantashe |
Gwede Mantashe Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Gwede Mantashe worth at the age of 69 years old? Gwede Mantashe’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from South Africa. We have estimated
Gwede Mantashe's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Timeline
He was the chairperson of the South African Communist Party until July 2012. He is currently a member of the Politburo of the South African Communist Party. He was elected Secretary-General of the African National Congress at the party's 52nd national conference in 2007.
In February 2010, Julius Malema called on Mantashe to resign after Malema was booed at the SA Communist Party's special conference in Polokwane. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) publicly backed Mantashe. "Mantashe is being singled out and targeted because he is a communist," Numsa general-secretary Irvan Jim said.
He delivered the Inaugural Violet Seboni memorial lecture at the Johannesburg City Hall on 16 April 2010, where he addressed corruption in the ANC. He said "The new order [after 1994]... inherited a well-entrenched value system that placed individual acquisition of wealth at the very centre of the value system of our society as a whole".
Following a marathon meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress held behind closed doors on 19 and 20 September 2008 at Esselen Park Conference Centre, Gwede Mantashe announced at a news conference that the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, had been "recalled" by the Party.
In 1982, Mantashe moved to Matla Colliery where he co-founded and became the Witbank branch chairperson of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), a position he held until 1984. He was then elected NUM Regional Secretary in 1985. In recognition of his skills, Mantashe became the NUM's National Organiser from 1988 to 1993 and its Regional Coordinator between 1993 and 1994.
He joined the migratory labour force to eke out a living in the mining industry. Beginning his mining experience at Western Deep Levels mine in 1975 as a Recreation Officer and, in the same year, moved to Prieska Copper Mines where he was Welfare Officer until 1982.
Samson Gwede Mantashe, popularly known as Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician, who as of 18 December 2017, serves as the National Chairperson of the African National Congress. He is also a former chairperson of the South African Communist Party and Secretary General of the ANC. On the 26th of February 2018, during a cabinet reshuffle by president Cyril Ramaphosa, Mantashe was made Minister of Mineral Resources.
Samson Gwede Mantashe was born in 1955 in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He studied at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 1997, and completed a B.Com Honours degree in 2002. He also acquired a master's degree from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in 2008. At the moment, he is currently undergoing his MBA (Masters in Business Administration) studies with MANCOSA.
Born in 1955 in Cala in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 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.
