Gwede Mantashe

Biographical Information
"Gwede Mantashe is the Secretary General of the ANC and the chairperson of the South African Communist Party. He was the Secretary-General of the National Union of Mineworkers until their 12th National Conference held in May 2006. He was the first trade unionist to be appointed to the board of Directors of a JSE Limited-listed company - Samancor, in 1995. He served for two years at Chairperson of the Technical Working Group of the Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa)."