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Synopsis
Member and Chairman of COSAS, member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
First name
Vincent
Last name
Tshabalala
Date of birth
15-August-1964
Location of birth
Bethal, Mpumalanga,South Africa
Date of death
09-February-1985
Location of death
Alexandra,Soweto,Johannesburg,South Africa
Gender
Male
Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal Trial in 1977 where a number of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members were accused. After completing his primary school he went to Minerva High School in Alexandra Township in the early 1980’s.