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Bavumile Vilakazi dies

Bavumile Vilakazi dies

Date
21 Apr 2005
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Bavumile Vilakazi dies

The former African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial secretary and South African high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the airport to fetch Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Vilakazi was the first mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro on the East Rand before he was posted to Uganda. He was tried in the United Democratic Front (UDF) 1985 Delmas treason trial, which also included former Premier of North West Province Popo Molefe and current minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota.

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  1. 01African National Congress (ANC),'ANC press statement on the death of Bavumile Vilakazi', [online], Available at: www.anc.org.za [Accessed: 16 April 2014]
  2. 02Sapa (2011), 'Zuma attends tombstone unveiling', from the Timeslive, 6 August, [online], Available at:  www.timeslive.co.za [Accessed: 16 April 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Bavumile Vilakazi dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013654

South African History Online (2011) 'Bavumile Vilakazi dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013654 (Accessed: 16 August 2026).

South African History Online, Bavumile Vilakazi dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013654, (accessed 16 August 2026).

"Bavumile Vilakazi dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013654. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Bavumile Vilakazi dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013654.

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