Jan Sithole

Jan Jabulani Sithole was a trade union activist and politician in Eswatini. Sithole was president of the Swazi Democratic Party (SWADEPA), and was elected to the House of Assembly of Eswatini (the lower house of the Parliament of Swaziland) in 2013. He died on 12 September 2020 at age 67.

As a founding member and the president of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), Sithole first became famous for his involvement in labour actions, including as an organizer of the 1997 Swaziland general strike. He also faced significant push back for his involvement in the Swazi pro-democracy movement, including arrests, kidnappings, death threats and threats of deportation.

As an activist and politician, Sithole has been described as an internationalist, a proponent of democracy and a constitutional monarchist.

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