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Personal Profile : Mosiuoa Lekota, Minister of Defence

 

 

Personal

Date of birth: 13 August 1948, Senekal district Marital status: Married to Cynthia, four children

Academic Qualifications

Primary education at Emma farm school Secondary education at Mariazel, Matatiele (Standard 8) Matriculated at St Francis College, Marianhill (1969) Enrolled for a Social Science degree, University of the North (Turfloop); expelled because of Student Representative (SRC)- and South African Students Organisation (Saso)- activities (1972)

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

Permanent Organiser for Saso (1974 - 1975) Sent to Robben Island Prison for conspiring to commit acts endangering maintenance of law and order (1974 - 1982) Elected Publicity Secretary for the United Democratic Front (UDF) (1983) Detained and sentenced again in the Delmas trial (1988) Released after the Appeal Court re