Background
SLOVO, Joe was born in 1926 in Lithuania, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
South African federal official
SLOVO, Joe was born in 1926 in Lithuania, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Bachelor, University Witwatersrand. Bachelor of Laws, University Witwatersrand.
Chairman 1984-1987, General Secretary since 1987. Banned under Suppression of Communism Acting from attending public gatherings 1954. Executive African National Congress since 1985.
Honorary President Nebo Youth Congress.
Returned to South. Africa 1990.
(Book by Slovo, Joe, etc.)
Founding member Congress Democrats, 1953. Member National Coordinating Committee Congress Alliance, 1955, Drafing Committee Freedom Charter. Organizer Umkhonto weSizwe, 1961, member national high command, from 1961, chief of staff.
Member revolutionary council African National Congress, 1969-1983, member national executive committee, from 1985, member political-military council, member national working committee. Honorary president Nebo Youth Congress. Member Congress South African Trade Unions, 1992.
With South African forces.
Married Ruth First (deceased 1982). 3 children; married Helena Dolny.