Career
He is also currently the honorary President of AZAPO while Jacob Dikobo is the current President, this is not unusual in the Black Consciousness Movement as was the case with Steve Biko who was also the honorary President of the Black People"s Convention in the early 70"s while Winfrey Kgware was the President. He was the Minister of Science and Technology (29 April 2004 - 10 May 2009). He joined the South African Students" Organisation (Stability and Support Operations) and was elected onto the Students Representative Council at the University of Zululand in 1971.
Moving back to Pretoria, he became chairperson of the Stability and Support Operations Pretoria branch in 1972.
He chaired the Botswana region of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) in 1981 and the BCMA central committee from 1982 to 1994. He is also the former commander in chief of the Azanian National Liberation Army (AZANLA), the former armed wing of AZAPO. Mangena returned from exile in 1994 and became leader of AZAPO. He was appointed as Deputy Minister of Education in South Africa by President Thabo Mbeki in 2001, and he became Minister of Science and Technology in 2004.
After the resignation of Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa in September 2008, AZAPO announced that they withdrew Mosibudi from his ministerial position.
