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NO MORE: Sipho Madondo

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Madondo was born on August 6, 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto. He was the last of 11 children.

He started schooling at Gugu Lower Primary and Fred Clark Higher Primary in Soweto.

He then began his high school education at Hlengiwe High during the dark days of apartheid and had to flee the country on the day of the June 16, 1976 Soweto uprisings.

He joined the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe during this time in Angola and was trained in Tanzania, Zambia and Swaziland.

He was arrested in 1978 and spent 12 years on Robben Island where he worked as one of the best chefs.

Madondo, who was also known by his nicknames "Skigi" and "Pele", was released from prison 10 days after Nelson Mandela's famous release.

Following his release, Madondo worked as a clerk for the ANC head office in Johannesburg. He then moved to work as a regional manager at the Independent Electoral Commission when he met his untimely death at age 54.

He is survived by his wife Thandiwe, three daughters, a son and a granddaughter.

His funeral service will be held tomorrow. The service will be held at his home in Rambrant Park at 8am.

He will then be cremated at the Crystal Park crematorium.

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Jun 8, 2012

PORQUENOMEQUIERES

Now this one makes sense..REST IN PEACE COMRADE.....AMEN.
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Jun 8, 2012

somaartakeit

hey Sowetan start researching what you want to report to us, why was he in prison where he met his 'untimely death' hayi man nawe!!
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Jun 8, 2012

ThirdEye

He then moved to work as a regional manager at the Independent Electoral Commission when he met his untimely death at age 54.

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@Somaartake
you can re-read it to make an informed comment.

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Jun 8, 2012

somaartakeit

@ThirdEye I was merely saying the headline is mislead cause could deduce from it that this guy was still in prison, I read the whole article to try see why he was still a political prisoner, when in fact he was a civil servant no longer a prisoner at the time of his death.
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Jun 9, 2012

seutullamakunutu

@ThirdEye 100% correct
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Jun 10, 2012

GreenRoom

what is it with NSA journo's - "following a long illness" usually denotes AIDS . If he was not an AIDS sufferer - please say so .
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Jul 12, 2012

manase

greenroom are you sleeping maybe not hahahahahaha!!!! i am sure you are too damn worried what killed him and trust me you better be ......
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