Moses Mabokela "Moss" Chikane (1949 – 17 October 2018) was a South African politician and

anti-apartheid activist Several independent sectors of South African society opposed apartheid through various means, including social movements, passive resistance, and guerrilla warfare. Mass action against the ruling National Party (NP) government, coupled with So ...

who represented the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...

(ANC) in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

. He was convicted in the

Delmas Treason Trial The Delmas Treason Trial was heard in the Supreme Court of South Africa from 16 October 1985 to 18 November 1988. In one of the lengthiest political trials in South African history, the apartheid state pursued treason charges against 22 activi ...

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1949 births 2018 deaths African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999 21st-century South African politicians South African anti-apartheid activists {{SouthAfrica-politician-stub People convicted of treason against South Africa Ambassadors of South Africa to Germany High commissioners of South Africa to Zambia