Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African politician
Was Politician
From South Africa
Type Politics
Gender male
Birth

11 July 1920, Tzaneen

Death

23 March 1993, Johannesburg
(aged 72 years)

Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi (11 July 1920 – 23 March 1993) was the first Chief Minister of Gazankulu, a former bantustan in apartheid-era South Africa.

Biography

Ntsanwisi was born on 11 July 1920 at Shiluvane Swiss Mission Station, 85 km southeast of Pietersburg (now Polokwane) in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. He attended the University of South Africa, where he obtained a Master’s degree in African studies in 1965. He then went on to attend Georgetown University in the United States, where he studied linguistics.

After returning to South Africa, he worked as a teacher, and later as a school inspector in the northern Transvaal Province. He became the first Chief Minister of Machangana (which was later renamed Gazankulu) in 1969. He served as Chief Minister until his death in 1993.

Ntsanwisi was a supporter of South African President F.W. de Klerk, and his reforms which ultimately led to the end of apartheid in 1994.

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