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The anti-Apartheid activist was the democratic South Africa’s first Minister of Labour from 1994 to 1999 in the Cabinet of Founding President Nelson Mandela. He served as Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 1999 for 10 years.
Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s first Minister of Labour after the end of Apartheid has passed away. Local media reported Saturday night (Oct.12) that the 65-year-old died in a hospital in Johannesburg surrounded by his loved ones.
The anti-Apartheid activist was the democratic South Africa’s first Minister of Labour from 1994 to 1999 in the Cabinet of Founding President Nelson Mandela. He served as Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 1999 for 10 years. He also served as Minister of Finance during the first mandate of the current president Ramaphosa.
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Ramaphosa in a statement praised him as a leader and compatriot who has served the nation as an activist, economic policy innovator, and champion of labor rights.
