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Moses Kotane was born on 9 August, 1905 in Tamposstad, Transvaal, is a South African politician and activist. Discover Moses Kotane's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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9 August, 1905 |
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9 August |
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Tamposstad, Transvaal |
Date of death |
19 May, 1978 |
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Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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South Africa
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Moses Kotane Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Moses Kotane's Wife?
His wife is Sophie Human
Rebecca Selutle
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Sophie Human
Rebecca Selutle |
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4 sons & 1 daughter (Bessie Dolly Khunwana) |
Moses Kotane Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Moses Kotane worth at the age of 72 years old? Moses Kotane’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Moses Kotane's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Moses Mauane Kotane (9 August 1905 – 19 May 1978) was a South African politician and activist.
In 1922 at the age of 17, Kotane began his working in Krugersdorp, where he worked in various jobs including as a photographer's assistant, domestic servant, miner, and bakery worker.
In 1928, Kotane joined the African National Congress but left it, considering it weak and ineffectual.
Later that year he joined the African Bakers Union, an affiliate of the new Federation of Non-European Trade Unions then being built by the SACP.
Kotane joined SACP a year later in 1929, soon becoming a member of the party's politburo.
In 1931, he became a full-time functionary of SACP.
Within the Communist Party, Kotane worked on Umsebenzi, the party's newspaper.
As a promising young party member, Kotane was sent to Moscow to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Lenin School.
Returning to South Africa in 1933, Kotane advanced through the Party until the point where he became the party's general secretary in 1939.
Kotane was a well-respected member of the struggle for majority rule in South Africa by even non-communist leaders.
Walter Sisulu credited him as a "giant of the struggle" because of his logical and non-dogmatic approach.
Kotane was also a leading member of the African National Congress at the same time as the SACP.
Kotane was secretary general of the South African Communist Party from 1939 until his death in 1978.
Kotane was born in Pella in Maphusumaneng Section, Transvaal (now North West) to a devout Christian family of Batswana origins.
He received little formal schooling prior to entering the workforce.
Kotane, representing the Communist Party, attended the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.
From 1956 to 1961, Kotane was a defendant in the Treason Trial alongside fellow South African leaders Nelson Mandela, Joe Modise, Albert Luthuli, Joe Slovo, Walter Sisulu and 151 others.
Despite years of prosecution, none of the defendants, including Kotane, were convicted.
With the African National Congress, Kotane served as Treasurer General from 1963 to 1973 when he was replaced by Thomas Nkobi.
In Moscow, Kotane studied under Endre Sík, 1967 recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and other Marxist theorists.
Kotane suffered a stroke in 1968.
Kotane was honoured with the Isitwalandwe Medal by the ANC in 1975.
A local municipality is named after him in North West Province, South Africa.
Following the stroke, he went for treatment in the Soviet Union, where he died on 19 May 1978.
Order for Meritorious Service in gold (2003)
On the 1 March 2015, Moses Kotane's remains were returned to South Africa together with the remains of J. B. Marks and he was reburied on 14 March at Pella, North West.
Kotane was survived by his wife, Rebecca.
She died in Soweto in January 2021 at the age of 108.