Jabulile Nyawose
Jabulile Nyawose | |
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| Died | 4 June 1982 Matsapha, Swaziland |
| Nationality | South African |
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| Spouse | Petrus Nyawose |
| Children | 4 |
Jabulile Nyawose (14 July 1948 – 4 June 1982) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Nyawose was killed in exile by a car bomb in an execution sanctioned by the South African government. She was posthumously honoured with a silver Order of Luthuli in 2015.
Biography
[edit]Nyawose's family were activists and her father was involved in the African National Congress (ANC).[1] Nyawose was married to Petrus Nyawose, and both were very involved with the Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU).[2] The couple had four children together, the second youngest of whom often spent time at the BAWU headquarters.[2][3] Later, in exile, they had a fourth child.[1]
Nyawose was recruited to act as a contact for two cells of the underground ANC, one run by Dhaya Pillay and the other by Shadrack Maphumulo.[2] When Maphumulo was arrested in 1977, Nyawose and others involved worried they would be found out.[2] Nyawose and her family went into exile, first crossing in to Botswana and then moving to Swaziland.[1] They joined the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) that was active in Swaziland.[1]
On 4 June 1982, Nyawose and her husband were killed when a car bomb exploded outside their house in Matsapha, near Manzini, Swaziland.[4] Their three children witnessed the explosion and one, Nonzamo, testified about their death for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[3] The death was found to be sanctioned by the South African Government.[3]
Nyawose was posthumously awarded a silver Order of Luthuli in 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Two lives cut short in their prime". Sunday Independent. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Jabulile Nyawose". South African History Online. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report (PDF). Vol. 2. 29 October 1998. p. 106.
- ^ "Jabulile Nyawose". South African History Online. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "National orders to be bestowed on Freedom Day". IOL News. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2018.