William Duna

Mabone William Duna (died 7 May 2016) was a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. He later served as Mayor of the Eastern Cape's Mnquma Local Municipality from 2007 until 2008, when he defected from the ANC to the Congress of the People (COPE). He subsequently joined the United Congress.

Early life and activism Duna was born in 1949 or 1950. During apartheid, he was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1981 and 1987. He subsequently represented COPE as a councillor in the Amathole District Municipality, where he led the party's caucus.

Personal life and death He died on 7 May 2016, aged 66. He and a passenger, his neighbour, drowned after his vehicle was swept off a bridge over the flooded Nxaxho River in Centane, Eastern Cape. He was married and had six children.