Steve Tshwete, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Steve Tshwete

South African politician

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Springs, Gauteng, South Africa

Date of Death: 12-Apr-2002

Profession: politician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Steve Vukhile Tshwete (12 November 1938 in Springs, Transvaal – 26 April 2002 in Pretoria, Gauteng) was a South African politician and activist with the African National Congress.
Involved in Umkhonto we Sizwe, Tshwete was imprisoned by the apartheid authorities on Robben Island from February 1964 to 1978.
Tshwete resumed activities with the ANC and become a regional coordinator for the new United Democratic Front.
He later lived in exile in Zambia with the ANC.
After the first free elections in South Africa in 1994, he became the new government's first Sports Minister and later was Minister of Safety and Security.