WE ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE FORMER
COUNCILLOR IN WARD 30, ORLANDO EAST WHO
PASSED ON, IN JANUARY 29TH 2022.
MR. KHUMALO PASSED ON AFTER A SHORT
ILLNESS AT HIS HOME IN NTABAZWE,
HARRISMITH.
AT LOCAL NEWS REPORTER, WE SEND OUR
CONDOLENCES TO ALL HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND COMRADES AND THE BROADER
COMMUNITY OF ORLANDO.
Sechaba Eugene Khumalo was born on 23 Jan 1974 in Orlando. He is the first-born son Mr and Mrs Khumalo. He started his schooling at Winnie Ngekazi Primary School. He started his High School education at Mmusi High School where he was introduced to political theory of the liberation movement.
The Soweto-born seasoned politician, who was full of energy and zeal grew up in the streets of Orlando where at the tender age of 16 he took up student politics in the historic township and subsequently became a member of Soweto Students Congress (SOSCO) and Congress of South African Students (COSAS).
Comrade Sechaba has served diligently and selflessly in various structures of the
organization and broadly in the Mass Democratic Movement. In his tenure in COSAS structures he grew until he was elected the Treasurer PWV Region.
OBITUARY OF CDE SCHABA EUGENE KHUMALO
In December 1990 the NECC declared 1991 as “the year of mass education”, saying that, along with the ANC, COSATU and the SADTU, it planned to launch a campaign to normalize education in township schools. Cde Sechaba and others responded by forming the Orlando East Crisis Committee which was formed at Selelekela in that year.
The student politics inspired his level of political consciousness and he consequently joined Soweto Youth Congress (SAYCO) and later the ANC Youth League as the preparatory school for the ANC.