About Alfred Mtsi
Lived 1950 – 2020 (aged 69–70). Alfred Mtsi was a South African politician and union representative.
Career Mtsi became involved in politics during the Soweto uprising in 1976. In 1983, he started working for Mercedes-Benz. In 1989, he served as a shop steward of NUMSA. In 1991, he served as chairman of COSATU and served as chairman of COSATU in the Border Region from 1992 to 1993. He served as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2014. He served until August 2016. In 2016, Mtsi was elected to serve as Speaker of the Buffalo City council.
Death On 7 July 2020, Mtsi was hospitalized at the Life Beacon Bay Hospital in East London after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. He died on 12 July. Mtsi was the third member of the Buffalo City council to die from the disease after Zukiswa Mankayi and Gideon Norexe.
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Who was Alfred Mtsi?
South African politician
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Alfred Mtsi was born in 1950.
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Alfred Mtsi died on 12 July 2020 in East London, Eastern Cape.
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Alfred Mtsi was a politician and union representative.
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Alfred Mtsi was South African.
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