Pallo Jordan
Zweledinga Jordan yazalwa nge-22 kaMeyi ngo-1942 eB B Indawo, eKroonstad, kwiLizwe lase-Orange Free State. Utata wakhe, uGqr Archibald Campbell Jordan, wayengumntu wasenoveli, umntu onolwimi kunye noziphathamandla kwaye umama wakhe, uGqirha Priscilla Phyllis Jordan (wazalwa, uNtantala), wayengutitshala, umphandi kunye nomhlohli. Bobabini abazali bakhe babengamalungu asebenzayo e-Un-European Unity Movement (NEUM). Usapho lakwaJordane lwalupolitika kakhulu kwaye ulandela emanyathelweni abo. Waqala eneminyaka esixhenxe ngokuthengisa iikopi zeTorch, iphephandaba eliveliswa yi-NEUM. Wayengumfundi okhutheleyo. Ukugqiba kwakhe ukufunda, waya kwiiyunivesithi ezahlukeneyo eMzantsi Afrika, eMelika naseMelika. Walishiya ilizwe ngo-1962 esiya kufunda kwiDyunivesithi yaseWisconsin.
UJordani wasebenza eLondon kwi-African National Congress (ANC) ngokusisigxina kwi-ofisi yayo yaseLondon ngo-1975 njengomphengululi kwiSebe le-ANC lezoLwazi kunye noLuntu. Kwangalo nyaka uphinde wabandakanyeka kwiiprogram zoqeqesho zokuqesha abantu abatsha eMkhonto weSizwe, esebenzisa imbali yakhe yezemfundo kwimbali ukwenza isilabhasi yoqeqesho kwezopolitiko. Ngo-1979, ngesindululo sikaOliver Tambo, wonyulwa njengomlawuli wokuqala we-ANC Iphulo lenkcaso yeninzi yangaphakathi, unyaka we-Spear, ophawula umlo wekhulu leMfazwe yase-Isandhlwana yowe-1879. I-Jordan kwi-helm i-ANC ivelise inani elikhulu lezixhobo zonxibelelwano zokucinga kubandakanya iiposta, amakhadi eposi, iidiski zecoppy, oomatshini abancinci, Iikipa, iincwadi ezihlekisayo kunye namaphepha eendaba ngenjongo yokuvuselela inkumbulo ethandwayo ngezithethe zokulwa ukuxhathisa kulawulo lobukoloniyali. Ngo-1980, iJordani yaphakanyiswa ukuba yintloko yeCandelo loPhando le-ANC leSebe lezeNkcukacha kunye noluntu. Ukutyunjwa kwamfuna ukuba afudukele kwikomkhulu lombutho eLusaka, eZambia.Xa ivoti yomfundi waseJordani yaphelelwa eLondon kwaye phakathi kweminyaka yo-1970 waqala ukusebenza njengomphenyi kwiofisi ye-ANC yaseLondon.Ngumlawuli weRadio Freedom ukusukela ngo-1977 ukuya ku-1979 , e-Luanda, kunye nokufika kwabantu befika eSoweto kwiinkampu ze-Angolan ze-ANC, yena wayehamba.Ukususela ngo-1979 ukuya ku-1988 wakhokela icandelo lophando lwe-ANC kwiCandelo loLwazi kunye noluntu i-DIP, esebenza ekuqaleni eMaputo ngokubambisana. noRuth kuqala.