UNITED Democratic Front stalwart Edward Chabangu, who was buried in Hammanskraal at the weekend, has been described as a selfless leader who was largely ignored.
Chabangu died last week at the age of 77. At a funeral service at Gandlanani, Malamulele, on Friday, Chabangu's colleagues in the UDF called on young people to emulate his vision.
Samson Ndou, who led the General Allied Workers Union (Gawu), a forerunner of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, before becoming one of the UDF's leaders, said Chabangu was "an unsung hero, a humble, but committed leader".
Ndou said: "There will be no fights over his assets because he did not leave anything." He added that: "Chabangu did not have atender. He never sold atender.
"And, he never stole anything from the government, his mission was to free people from bondage."
Chabangu was born at Tshiazwani, outside Thohoyandou, in 1935 and joined the ANC in the early 1960s.
He is credited with having contributed to the formation of civic structures in the 1980s as well as the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa.
At the time of his death he was a councillor in Thulamela as well as the secretary of the Vhembe senior Citizens Forum.
Praise for ex-UDF man Chabangu
UNITED Democratic Front stalwart Edward Chabangu, who was buried in Hammanskraal at the weekend, has been described as a selfless leader who was largely ignored.
Chabangu died last week at the age of 77. At a funeral service at Gandlanani, Malamulele, on Friday, Chabangu's colleagues in the UDF called on young people to emulate his vision.
Samson Ndou, who led the General Allied Workers Union (Gawu), a forerunner of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, before becoming one of the UDF's leaders, said Chabangu was "an unsung hero, a humble, but committed leader".
Ndou said: "There will be no fights over his assets because he did not leave anything." He added that: "Chabangu did not have atender. He never sold atender.
"And, he never stole anything from the government, his mission was to free people from bondage."
Chabangu was born at Tshiazwani, outside Thohoyandou, in 1935 and joined the ANC in the early 1960s.
He is credited with having contributed to the formation of civic structures in the 1980s as well as the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa.
At the time of his death he was a councillor in Thulamela as well as the secretary of the Vhembe senior Citizens Forum.
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