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Andrew Mokete Mlangeni also known as Andrew Mokete Molakene was a South African political activist and anti-apartheid campaigner who, along with Nelson Mandela and others, was imprisoned after the Rivonia Trial.

He was born on the 6th of June 1925 in Soweto. Mlangeni was released from prison in October 1989 after serving 26 years from his life sentence.

Mlangeni served as a member of parliament for the ANC from 1994 to 1999. He served once more in the National Assembly from 2009 until 2014, when he retired.

He was married to June Mlangeni (née Ledwaba) from 1950 until her death in 2001. The couple had four children.

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Mlangeni died on the night of 21 July 2020 in 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria after complaining of abdominal related issues.

He was 95 and was the last surviving Rivonia Trialist.

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