Tokyo Sexwale
| Tokyo Sexwale | |
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| Minister of Human Settlements | |
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In office 10 May 2009 – 9 July 2013 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Lindiwe Sisulu |
| Succeeded by | Connie September |
| 1st Premier of Gauteng | |
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In office 7 May 1994 – 19 January 1998 |
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| Succeeded by | Mathole Motshekga |
| Personal details | |
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5 March 1953 Transvaal, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Judy van Vuuren (m. 1993; div. 2014) |
Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale (Venda; English approx. /sɛxwɑːleɪ/; born 5 March 1953) is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela. After the 1994 general election—the first fully democratic election in South Africa—Sexwale became the Premier of Gauteng Province. He served in the government of South Africa as Minister of Human Settlements from 2009 to 2013.
Sexwale was born in the township of Orlando West, in Soweto. His father was a clerk at Johannesburg General Hospital and had fought against the Germans in World War II. Sexwale grew up amid the turmoil of the black township's upheaval, and graduated from Orlando West High School in 1973.
Sexwale became a member of the Steve Biko's Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960s and became a local leader of the radical South African Students' Movement. In the early 1970s, he joined the African National Congress's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ("spear of the nation"). While in Swaziland, he completed a Certificate in Business Studies at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. In 1975, Sexwale went into exile, undergoing military officers' training in the Soviet Union, where he specialized in military engineering.
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