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Moses Mabhida receives awards

Date
14 Oct 1983
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Moses Mabhida receives awards

Moses Mbheki Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, was awarded the Soviet Order of the People and the Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria First Class on his sixtieth birthday. He travelled extensively and was highly respected around the globe, in particular by trade unionists and socialists. Mabhida, a generally self-educated man, was steeped in the Marxist-Leninist ideology and tradition.  

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  1. 01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC, p. 147.  

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Moses Mabhida receives awards. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012532

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