Mcebisi Jonas has been a Member of the Executive Council for Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa under the Premier of the Eastern Cape Phumulo Masualle, and was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2014 to 2017.
11 Facts About Mcebisi Jonas
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Mcebisi Jonas graduated from Vista University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology, and a Higher Diploma in Education from Rhodes University.
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In December 2019, Mcebisi Jonas was appointed as the Board Chairperson of South Africa's MTN Group, a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company.
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Mcebisi Jonas was born in 1960 in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province.
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Mcebisi Jonas expanded his studies with a Higher Diploma in Education at Rhodes University.
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Mcebisi Jonas led political activities in the Port Elizabeth area and started underground structures in the Eastern Cape and beyond.
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Mcebisi Jonas was motivated by the politics of the Black Consciousness Movement in the early 1980s and was an organiser of AZASO.
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Mcebisi Jonas played an important role in the founding of the United Democratic Front structures in the Eastern Cape.
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Mcebisi Jonas was later sent into exile to finish military training in Angola and Uganda for the People's Army, Umkhonto Wesizwe.
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Mcebisi Jonas was a member of the Eastern Cape ANC Provincial Executive Committee for two terms.
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On 24 August 2018, during an inquiry into state capture, Mcebisi Jonas testified that the Gupta Family had informed him that former president Jacob Zuma does "whatever we say".