Archie Sibeko

[2] Born in Kwezana in the Eastern Cape, Archie Sibeko grew up in a traditional Xhosa environment.

In 1961, he was arrested with Hani due to their involvement in Umkontho we Sizwe (MK) which was established as the armed wing of the ANC.

Later, he was deployed to London, where he helped mobilise the international trade union movement in support of the struggle against apartheid.

[citation needed] Reluctantly, Sibeko agreed to retire and relocated to the United Kingdom, where he lived with his second wife, Joyce Leeson.

He returned to be a monitor in the 1994 elections and continued involvement in some of the trade unions he worked with in exile.

He was Founding President and a committee member of the Tyume Valley Schools organisation, a charity that resources education in his home region.