Isaac Dank Mogase (25 January 1934 – 27 April 2021) was the first post-apartheid mayor of

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

. An anti-apartheid activist, he joined the

ANC Youth League The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress (ANC). As set out in its constitution, the ANC Youth League is led by a National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (N ...

in the 1950s and was one of the leaders of the Soweto Crisis Committee in the 1980s. He was jailed numerous times for his political activities. Mogase later served as a member of the

National Assembly of South Africa The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation sy ...

from 2004 till 2012.

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African National Congress politicians Mayors of Johannesburg 2021 deaths 1934 births Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa South African anti-apartheid activists Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2004–2009 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014 {{Gauteng-politician-stub

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