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Wilton Mkwayi

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Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi (17 Disemba 1923 - 24 Kholwane 2004) bekangulabanye bebalandzeli lebaphindze babe baholi beliphiko lweMkhonto weSizwe ku African National Congress. Kantsi bekaphindze abengulomunye wemalunga lasitfupha ekucala e-Umkonto weSizwe kutsi atfunyelwe ekucecesheni imphi.

Imphilo yakhe yasebuntfwaneni

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Mkwayi lophindze atiwe nga "Bri-Bri" Zimasile watalelwa endzaweni yase Chwarhu eceleni kwase Middledrift ngemnyaka wa 1923. Batali bakhe bebalimi labangakafundzi.[1] Bekangulomunye webantfwana labasikhombisa. Mkwayi wacala sikolwa aneminyaka lelishumi esontfweni lase Presbyterian eKeiskammahoek. Wakhulela endzaweni yasemaphandleni elusa timvu netimbuti, waphindze wadlula esikolweni sekusoka.[1]

Umsebenti wetembusave

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Ngenyanga yeNdlovu emnyakeni wa 1950, wahlanganyela ku-ANC Youth League's one-day general strike futsi wahlala eNingizimu Afrika. Bekangumholi we-1952 Defiance Campaign e-Eastern Cape.[2] Waphindze waba ngumhleli wenyonyane ye-Southern African Textile Workers Union ePort Elizabeth ekucaleni kwemnyaka wa 1950.[3] Wasebenta njengemgcinitimali we-South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). Waboshwa ngemuva kwe-Defiance Campaign ngesiteleka setisebenti letinsimbi waphunyula nenhlawulo.[3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ndlovu, S. and Houston, G. 2008. “The Road to Democracy: South Africans Telling Their Stories”. Online. Accessed 3 September.". Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2023-09-13. 
  2. 2013. “Wilton Z. Mkwayi” Online. Accessed 3 September.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "2004. “Statement on the death of Wilton Mkwayi” Online. Accessed 3 September.". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-13.