Kebby maphatsoe biography of abraham

Lungani Zungu

Kebby Emmanuel Maphatsoe joined the struggle against Apartheid at a young age, and even losing his arm in exile wouldn’t deter him from dedicating his life to the political struggle.

Maphatsoe, 59, died on Tuesday after an illness – bringing down the curtain on his decades-long struggle history. 

Maphatsoe cut his political teeth in Soweto – where he led the Congress of South African Students, Soweto Youth Congress and later the South African Youth Congress in the 1970s.

His fight was to see equality among all South Africans, regardless of race, and he did not stop until South Africa crawled into democracy in 1994.

During the 1980s, Maphatsoe joined the armed wing of the ANC, uMkhonto weSizwe, and later went to Russia for military training.

Before this, he crisscrossed many countries in Africa, including Angola and Uganda, where he lost his arm after he was shot in 1991.

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