Dumisa Ntsebeza

Dumisa Ntsebeza
Dumisa Ntsebeza at an event in Constitution Hill
Born
Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza

(1949-10-31) 31 October 1949 (age 75)
Cala, Cape Province
Union of South Africa
Occupation(s)Lawyer, author, political activist
RelativesLungisile Ntsebeza (brother)

Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza (born 31 October 1949) is a South African lawyer and political activist. He was a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[1]

Ntsebeza was born in Cala, Eastern Cape in the former Transkei.[2][3] He is the chairman of the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust[4] and a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He was involved in the political struggle against apartheid in the mid-1970s, when he served time in prison during which he completed his law degree.[5] Ntsebeza was appointed chancellor of the University of Fort Hare in January 2017.

  1. ^ Meiring, Pieter (2014). Chronicle of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Journey through the Past and Present into the Future of South Africa. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 189. ISBN 9781625647146.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Who is... Dumisa Ntsebeza?". The Mail & Guardian. 7 November 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Desmond Tutu Peace Centre to shut down". West Cape News. 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ Bell, Terry; Ntsebeza, Dumisa Buhle (2003). Unfinished Business: South Africa, Apartheid, and Truth. Verso. p. 152. ISBN 9781859845455.