Gwede Mantashe

Gwede Mantashe

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 [ [http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=5142 Gwede Mantashe] at whose who SA.co.za] , 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 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.

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