For PAC stalwart Manchidi, God and Struggle went hand-in-hand
‘Bra Morgan’ was one of the party’s finest and devoted Methodist Church preacher
Born: December 14 1944 Died: March 28 Funeral: Tomorrow at Vergelegen B in Jane Furse, starting at 7am
Burial: At the local cemetery
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania stalwart and Methodist Church preacher Morgan Mogoane Manchidi is no more.
The PAC has lost one of its finest materials, a humble father, devoted preacher and a revolutionary par excellence.
Manchidi, who was commonly known as “Bra Morgan”, was born in 1944 at Doornkop, Middelburg, in Mpumalanga.
He attended primary school at Doornkop and did his secondary schooling at Kilnerton High in Johannesburg.
He matriculated by correspondence in 1962, and his first job was at Motetema Maita Wholesaler, where he worked as a finance clerk after his family relocated to then Lebowa, in Limpopo.
Manchidi later joined the Lebowa bantustan government, working as an administrator at various hospitals such as Jane Furse Memorial, Douglas Smith and Sekororo.
He married Mogake Masemola in 1971 and they were blessed with five children.
He was an ordained and devoted preacher of the Methodist Church in Jane Furse.
He was also an active politician from an early age.
He joined the PAC in the late 1960s after he was inspired by the teachings of Zephania Mothopeng and the literature of first PAC president Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.
He worked for the PAC underground, which included housing Azanian National Youth Union youth in Limpopo who were willing to go into exile. He assisted many of them to cross the border.
He was also responsible for distributing the party’s literature during the dark days of apartheid. Immediately after the unbanning of all liberation movements, he was tasked with establishing the party’s structures in Limpopo – the work he performed with distinction.
He then became the PAC’s regional treasurer at the then southern region (now the Sekhukhune region).
He was later deployed to serve in the Makhuduthamaga municipality as PR councillor of the party and served as an ex-officio member of the provincial executive council from 2006 to 2016.
His entire life was devoted to the cause of what the PAC stands for – which is the return of land to blacks and the unification of Africa.
He died at Jane Furse Hospital last week after a short illness. He will be buried tomorrow.
Farewell noble son, Motlareya, Phaahle a Phaahle le Hunadi.