Jabulile Nyawose

Jabulile Nyawose (? – June 4, 1982) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Nyawose was killed in exile by a car bomb in an execution sanctioned by the South African government. She was posthumously honored with a silver Order of Luthuli in 2015.

Biography

Nyawose's family were activists and her father was involved in the African National Congress (ANC).[1] Nyawose was married to Petrus Nyawose, and both were very involved with the Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU).[2] The couple had 3 children together, the youngest of which often spent time at the BAWU headquarters.[2][3] Later, in exile, they had a fourth child.[1]

Nyawose was recruited to act as a contact for two cells of the underground ANC, one run by Dhaya Pillay and the other by Shadrack Maphumulo.[2] When Maphumulo was arrested in 1977, Nyawose and others involved worried they would be found out.[2] Nyawose and her family went into exile, first crossing in to Botswana and then moving to Swaziland.[1] They joined the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) that was active in Swaziland.[1]

On June 4, 1982, Nyawose and her husband were killed when a car bomb exploded outside of their house.[3] Their three children witnessed the explosion and one, Nonzamo, testified about their death for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[3] The death was found to be sanctioned by the South African Government.[3]

Nyawose was posthumously awarded a silver Order of Luthuli in 2015.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Two lives cut short in their prime". Sunday Independent. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jabulile Nyawose". South African History Online. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report (PDF). 2. 29 October 1998. p. 106.
  4. ↑ "National orders to be bestowed on Freedom Day". IOL News. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
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