Walter+Sisulu

Walter Sisulu was born on May 18,1912. He was born in Ngcobo, Union of South Africa. His mother was an Xhosa domestic worker, and his father was caucasian (Walter and his mother were not) and he worked in the railway department from 1903-1909. Walter was educated in a missionary school which he later left to go find a job. He moved to Johannesburg in 1928 and got a manual job. Walter himself was an apartheid activist. He was also a member of the African National Congress, (ANC). He was also working as a Secretary- General and Deputy President of the organization. But he was unfortunately jailed at the time at Robben Island for twenty-five years. Walter was put in jail seven different times. Later he went on the marry a woman named Albertina in 1944, where at his wedding Nelson Mandela was his best man. He and Albertina had five children and then later adopted four more children. Sisulu won the Isitwalandwe Seaparankoe Award in his high honor for his contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa. He now also has a University named after him. Later Walter died on May 5, 2003 at the age of 91.