Wallace Mgoqi

Wallace Amos Mgoqi (7 June 1949 - 3 April 2023) was a South African attorney, businessman and activist.

The family moved to live with his grandparents in E-Thwathwa in the Kat River valley near the town of Seymor in the Eastern Cape.

At Fort Hare he became involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and, in his final year, was expelled along with his entire class after a student-led strike against poor-quality food.

He worked for organisations such as the Trust for Community Outreach (TCOE), the Western Province Council of Churches and the Cape Flats Committee for Interim Accommodation (CFCIA).

He was stripped of this position after a court case ruled that his term had been extended unlawfully by the outgoing ANC Mayor.