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The pair were close friends. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“A giant tree has fallen,” said the ANC in a statement. “The death of Ntate Mlangeni marks the end of a revolutionary life that was dedicated to the struggle for justice and the defence of our freedom.” </span>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/walter-sisulu-2/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-675180\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Mlangeni-tribute_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2184\" height=\"1112\" /></a> Anti-apartheid ANC struggle stalwarts Raymond Mhlaba, Oscar Mpetha, Andrew Mlangeni, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Elias Motsoaledi and Wilton Mkwayi after their release in 1989 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Raymond Preston)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mlangeni was a member of parliament between 1994 and 2004.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a separate statement, the ANC parliamentary caucus described Mlangeni as a great leader and a revolutionary. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Mlangeni joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1951 and, in 1954, the African National Congress (ANC). He went for military training outside the country in 1961 and, upon his return, he was arrested in 1963 and spent almost 27 years on Robben Island.” </span>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/replica-of-nelson-mandelas-robben-island-prison-cell-on-tour-2/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-675179\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Mlangeni-tribute_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1150\" /></a> Andrew Mlangeni, South African political activist and former political prisoner demonstrates how he used to sleep on the floor in a prison cell during the launch of the replica of Nelson Mandela's Robben Island Prison Cell in Cape Town, South Africa, 26 September 2016. (Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMA)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mlangeni went to China in 1962 for a year’s training in guerrilla warfare. He was arrested on his return after he was fingered as being among those responsible for recruiting and training an armed force. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1992 he was awarded the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankwe, the highest honour by the ANC for an outstanding contribution to the liberation struggle. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mlangeni was a man with “many names”. He sometimes had to change his name to Percy or Mokete Mokoena to hide his identity from the apartheid authorities. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bantu Holomisa, leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), said he knew Mlangeni as a humble man. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It always made an impression on me that he decided to stay in his original home in Soweto,” he wrote in a statement. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“When we played golf with him and he beat us, I always jokingly asked him why he played so well, as there was no golf course on Robben Island for him to have practiced, and that this must be investigated.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFP founder, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, also shared fond memories of Mlangeni. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Dr Mlangeni served with distinction. 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(Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“His lessons were imbued with the same political bent as my own were under Professor ZK Matthews. Being exposed to such great leaders, we could not help but embrace the political ideals of freedom and democracy,” said Buthelezi in a statement.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mlangeni’s death comes shortly after Zindzi Mandela was laid to rest on 17 July. </span><b>DM</b>",
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Anti-apartheid ANC struggle stalwarts Raymond Mhlaba, Oscar Mpetha, Andrew Mlangeni, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Elias Motsoaledi and Wilton Mkwayi after their release in 1989 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Raymond Preston)
Andrew Mlangeni, South African political activist and former political prisoner demonstrates how he used to sleep on the floor in a prison cell during the launch of the replica of Nelson Mandela's Robben Island Prison Cell in Cape Town, South Africa, 26 September 2016. (Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMA)
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