Steve Vukhile Tshwete was a South African politician and activist with the African National Congress.
16 Facts About Steve Tshwete
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Steve Tshwete resumed activities with the ANC and become a regional coordinator for the new United Democratic Front.
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Steve Tshwete was born in Springs, East Rand, on 12 November 1938 to Xhosa parents.
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Steve Tshwete was taught to read by his mother before starting primary school.
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Steve Tshwete attended Forbes Grant Secondary School in King William's Town and was introduced to the ANC through its publications given out by the principal, Mr H Mjamba, and at Welsh High in East London he joined the ANC's African Students' Association.
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Steve Tshwete spent his prison time on Robben Island and completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and Philosophy from University of South Africa.
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Steve Tshwete was released in March 1978 and returned to his homeland and became a teacher.
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Steve Tshwete was arrested that year by the Ciskein police and held for four months and then constantly harassed until he left South Africa for the ANC in exile.
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Steve Tshwete was first in Maseru, Lesotho, and by 1985 he was in Lusaka, Zambia, resuming his military training with MK.
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Steve Tshwete became a political commissar in MK in August 1987 and authorized the ANC military units in South Africa to attack white civilians by means of a bombing campaign of restaurants and nightclubs in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Durban.
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Steve Tshwete was transferred from his position as a political commissar in MK and he obtained an appointment in the National Executive.
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Steve Tshwete returned to South Africa after the ANC was unbanned in 1990 as a member of their National Executive and negotiating team.
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Steve Tshwete was tasked with overseeing South Africa's re-entry into international sport, establish development programs for underprivileged blacks sportsmen and women in all sports including rugby and cricket, and de-racializing the national sport teams.
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Steve Tshwete started the first Governor's Cup Yacht Race from Cape Town to Saint Helena in 1996.
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Steve Tshwete was admitted to Voortrekkerhoogte's 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria with pneumonia and liver failure which occurred after an operation for a spinal problem.
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Steve Tshwete was honoured with a state funeral on 4 May 2002 and national flags were flown at half-mast.