Rose Sonto

Mzunani Roseberry "Rose" Sonto is a retired South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014, excepting a hiatus from 2009 to 2010. He previously represented the party in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature.

Early life and activism Sonto was active in student politics in the Eastern Cape in the 1960s, at first primarily through organs of the Black Consciousness Movement. While living in Cape Town in the early 1980s, he became president of the Cape Youth Congress, and he was later active in the United Democratic Front. He was detained several times for political offences during the 1980s,

After the end of apartheid in 1994, Sonto represented the ANC in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature and was also chairperson of the Western Cape branch of the South African National Civic Organisation. Though he was not immediately re-elected in 2009, he was sworn back in on 3 February 2010 to fill a casual vacancy. He served in the seat until the next general election in 2014, He later withdrew his remark and apologised.