U-Raymond Mhlaba

uBawo uRaymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba wazalwa ngomhla we-12 kweyoMdumba ngo1920, waza walishiya eli ngomhla wama-20 kweyoMdumba ngo2005. Wayelelinye lamatsha ntliziyo omzabalazo esilwa nengcinezelo ekwayinkokheli ye African National Congress (ANC). Lo kaMhlaba wachitha iminyaka engama-25 yonke ethothoza esentilongweni ngesigwebo sika dilika jele awayesaziwa ngaso bekunye noNelson Mandela, uGovan Mbeki, uWalter Sisulu nabanye , isigwebo setyala laseRivonia. Bonke ubomi bakhe ebudaleni bakhe wabuchitha evuth'amalangatye njengelungu leANC ekwalilo nelungu lombutho wamakomanisi alapha eMzantsi Afrika. Ngenxa yobuntu awaye nabo, waye wanikwa isiteketiso esithi 'Oom Ray'.

U-Raymond Mhlaba

Ubomi bakhe

U"Oom Ray" wazalwa kwingingqi ebizwa ngokuba kuseMazoka kwisithili sase-Fort Beaufort. Ufunde e-Healdtown Missionary Institution eNxukhwebe kwalapho e Fort Beaufort. Wathi ke akusishiya isikolo waya kusebenza kwindawo yokuhlamba impahla eBhayi. Kulapho wafika wakhwetywa khona yimibutho yabasebenzi bekwenza oko ngombutho owawubizwa ngokuba yi"Non European Laundry Workers Union". Ngo-1943 wazibandakanya nombutho wamaKomanisi aseMzantsi Afrika. Ngo-1944 waba lilungu elipheleleyo le-ANC. Uye ke wazimanya ngeqhina lomtshato nentombi yakwa Meke, uJoyce, owayeyinzalelwane yaseFort Beaufort. Kwiminyaka eli-17 bekunye, phambi kokuba umkakhe lo asutywe ku kufa kwingozi yemoto ngo-1960, balizwa ngabantwana abathathu. Waphinda wazimanya ngeqhina lomtshato ngo1982 nentombi yakwa Heliso, uDideka esese Roben Island balizwa ngabantwana abathathu.