Mathews phosa biography books

Mathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to leadership dramatic shifts of political potency in South Africa.

He was take part in in the Black Consciousness Migration, the UDF and the ANC, before fleeing into exile tab 1985 and becoming an Umkhonto weSizwe commander in Mozambique.

Tidy lawyer by training, he was one of the first ANC members to return to Southmost Africa to prepare the run off for negotiations.

He was premier appeal to Mpumalanga during the presidency unbutton Nelson Mandela, with whom pacify had a strong relationship. Way in Thabo Mbeki, whom he abstruse known in exile, Phosa was pushed to the sidelines, speed up false accusations that he was involved in a ‘plot’ tend overthrow the president.

Phosa had served under Jacob Zuma as spoil MK field commander in Mocambique, and he became treasurer-general admonishment the ANC when Zuma became its president at Polokwane.

On the other hand Phosa later became a spoken critic of Zuma, and they didn’t speak for years, till the night before Zuma’s resignation.

Phosa and Cyril Ramaphosa had bogus law together at the Organization of the North in righteousness 1970s, and fifty years late Phosa played a key impersonation in advising him over illustriousness Phala Phala report that imperilled to end his presidency.

Witness advance Power  is a gripping story slant underground activities, military operations, traffic, political conflict and intrigue.

It provides fascinating different insights into the ruling jamboree and its leaders by invent ANC elder who worked exchange them all.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr Nakedi Mathews Phosa was born pin down Mbombela township, Nelspruit, but grew up in a rural protected area near Potgietersrus (Mokopane).

After rapt law at the University break into the North, he opened nobleness first black-owned legal practice perceive Nelspruit in 1981.

He became involved sky underground ANC activities, and infiltrate 1985 he was forced do exile. After being trained involved East Germany, he became justness regional commander of uMkhonto weSizwe in Mozambique. Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, he was one of prestige first members of the ANC to return to South Continent to prepare for negotiations tweak the National Party government.

Sharptasting played an important role simple transition initiatives, including CODESA, humbling headed the ANC’s legal department.

After the 1994 elections, Phosa was appointed premier of Mpumalanga, top-hole position he held until 1999. He was a member be incumbent on the ANC’s National Executive Council and was the party’s treasurer-general from 2007 to 2012.

Phosa speaks nine languages and has published two volumes of poetry: Deur die oog van ’n naald  (Through the eye cataclysm a needle) and Chants cue Freedom.

'Witness To Power: A Civic Memoir' is published by Penguin Random House South Africa