Joe Mzamane
{{Short description|South African Priest}}
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| birth_name = Joshua Bernard Mbizo Mzamane
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| birth_place = Ngxaza, Tsolo
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Joshua Bernard Mbizo Mzamane; 10 January 1918 – 13 December 1993 was an Anglican priest in the Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg and a human rights activist.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qipNAAAAYAAJ&q=Mzamane |title= The Black Who's who of Southern Africa Today – Page 260|year= 1982|publisher= African Business Publications, 1982}}
Life and work
Joe was born in Ngxaza, Tsolo, Eastern Cape in 1918. His mother was Martha Mzizi and his father was Shadrach Mzamane who was an Anglican voluntary preacher.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy1lAAAAMAAJ&q=Shadrach+Mzamane |title= Godfrey Callaway, Missionary in Kaffraria, 1892-1942 - Page 135: His Life and Writings.|year= 1946|publisher= Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1946}}
Joe did his primary school at St. Cuthberts Mission, Tsolo. He obtained a Diploma in Theology from St Peters College Rosettenville and was the rector of St. Barnabas Church, KwaThema from 1962-1982.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BovZAAAAMAAJ&q=Joshua+Bernard+Mbizo+Mzamane |title= Crockford's Clerical Directory, Volume 85; Volumes 87-88 – Page 726|year= 1980|publisher= Oxford University Press, 1973 - Clergy}} He was also the National and Regional President of the Interdenominational African Minister's Association (IDAMASA). He was also the mayor of KwaThema during the apartheid era.{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=reFBAAAAYAAJ&q=Joshua+Mzamane |title= Permanent Peace – Page 112 |year= 1985 |publisher= Saga Press, 1985 - Apartheid}} The Joe Mzamane street in kwaThema was named after him. Joe Mzamane is Joab Mzamane's brother, Mbulelo Mzamane's father{{cite web|url=http://africanreporter.co.za/25350/well-known-academic-will-be-missed/ |title=Well known academic will be missed |publisher=African Reporter |date= 11 March 2014|accessdate=2014-03-20}} and Bishop Sitembele Mzamane's uncle.{{cite web|url=http://mbulelomzamane.tumblr.com/Funeral%20Arrangements |title=Funeral Arrangements of Mbulelo Mzamane |publisher=Mbulelomzamane.tumblr.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-20}}
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