Andrew Masondo was born on 27 October 1936 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, to Alois Emmanuel Mathanjane Masondo, and Elsie Seraka Masondo.
11 Facts About Andrew Masondo
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Andrew Masondo was raised in a working class African family who believed in the value of education.
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Andrew Masondo's wide reading and cultural interaction with other scholars as well as the township community helped to develop an individual in touch with diverse groups of people.
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In 1953, Andrew Masondo joined the African National Congress.
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Andrew Masondo was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment on Robben Island, where he was later joined by top Rivonia trialists such as Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu, and Nelson Mandela.
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Andrew Masondo was released from prison in 1976 and placed under house arrest.
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Andrew Masondo received military training, including a commander's course and a course in guerilla warfare, in the Soviet Union.
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Gen Andrew Masondo attended a Joint Staff Course at the Defence College, after the South African National Defence Force was established in April 1994, and subsequently promoted to the rank of major general.
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Andrew Masondo served on numerous boards and committees in the fields of education, museums, indigenous knowledge, traditional healing, reconciliation and medicine.
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Andrew Masondo was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2005, he died on Sunday 20 April 2008 in the One Military Hospital in Tshwane at the age of 71.
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Andrew Masondo is survived by five children and six grandchildren.