Qabula, Alfred Temba
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Birth Date
- 1952-12-12
Death Date
- 2002-10-08
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Metal and Allied Workers Union
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Natal. Culture and Working Life Project
Birth Place
- Flagstaff (South Africa)
Associated Locale
- Lusikisiki (South Africa)
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Sources
- found: His Black Mamba rising, c1986:t.p. (Alfred Temba Qabula)
- found: A working life, cruel beyond belief, 2017:title page (Alfred Temba Qabula) page 4 of cover (born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. In 1964 he caught a train for Carltonville to work as a plumber. This trade took him to Durban, where, “fed up with doing skilled work for nothing", in 1974 he entered the noisy world of factory production at Dunlop. In 1983 he joined the Metal and Allied Workers Union. In 1986 a collection of his poetry was published in 'Black Mamba Rising'. Qabula went on to work for the Culture and Working Life Project at the University of Natal, spreading his skills and enthusiasm through the unions in the region)
- found: South Africa History Online WWW site, viewed October 16, 2017Alfred Temba Qabula (In 1998 Qabula suffered his first stroke. He suffered a second stroke at the beginning of 2002, and on 8 October 2002 Qabula died at the Lusikisiki Hospital) - http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/alfred-temba-qabula
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Change Notes
- 1991-05-24: new
- 2017-10-17: revised
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