Andrew Mlangeni - A snapshot

Andrew Mlangeni - A snapshot

Author: SABC Radio News October 2, 2020 Duration: 7:06

Andrew Mlangeni was one of the ANC’s first MK members to be trained in communist China and to meet “Chairman Mao” in 1962.  Back home, Mlangeni disguised himself as a priest to recruit others into the armed struggle and became known as “Robot”.  In mid-1964, Mlangeni and seven other Rivonia trialists – including Denis Goldberg, “Kathy” Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba and Elias Motsoaledi – were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution.  For that, Mlangeni was jailed for over 26 years.  He only tasted freedom again at the age of 64 in late 1989.  Here’s a snapshot of Andrew Mlangeni’s life … in his own voice.


Credits: Angie Kapelianis, Danny Booysen and Radio Diaries (USA).


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