Full Biography
In 1948, Jama Mbeki was born. Govan Mbeki and Epainette Mbeki had four children together, Jama being their son and last child. The younger brother of Moeletsi and Thabo Mbeki is Jama.
Like his parents and siblings, he was also an activist. He was a member of the APLA of the PAC and was slain in Lesotho in February 1982 while trying to help the LLA.
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Nationality & ethnicity
Jama Mbeki was born in a small village in the former homeland of Transkei, now part of the Eastern Cape.
Education
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Any Other Information
Jama Mbeki’s father Govan Mbeki was born in the Nqamakwe district of the Transkei region and belongs to the Xhosa ethnic group. As a teenage newsboy and messenger, Mbeki observed the struggles urban black Africans faced and the frequent police raids they endured. In 1936, he graduated from Fort Hare University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and psychology as well as a teaching credential. While he was a student, Mbeki mingled with other leaders of the African resistance.
Jama Mbeki’s mother, Epainette was a member of the Bafokeng, specifically the Mahoona clan, who were some of the first agro-pastoralists to establish in Lesotho. They practice conventional healing. She was the sixth of Eleazar Jakane Moerane and Sofi Majara’s seven children to be born at Mount Fletcher in the Drakensberg.
Her grandparents were among the first Basotho converts to Christianity and Moshoeshoe I’s supporters. Her parents owned property in Africa and were members of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society Church.
Painette Mbeki came up with the idea for the Khanyisa beadwork initiative, which has helped to preserve traditional African beadwork and provided 24 Ngcingwanean women with a means of support. She was associated with the Linda Mbeki Hospice, which is presently based out of the former Mbeki home in Mbewuleni and was founded in memory of her daughter, who died in 2003. Mbeki established the Nomaka Mbeki Technical Senior Secondary School in addition to being the proprietor of the Goodwill Trading Store, which she managed personally and kept the books and cash count for.
Leaders in the struggle against apartheid who were recognized for their valor, commitment to justice, and unwavering support for the rights of all South Africans were men and women who Govan and Epainette Mbeki both revered. Their memory continues to inspire younger generations of South Africans to work toward constructing a more just and equitable society.
