<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UThabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla wazalwa ngomhlaka 18 Meyi 1957 eLydenburg, idolobhana elisebenza ezimayini esifundazweni saseMpumalanga, manje esaziwa ngokuthi yiMpumalanga, eNingizimu Afrika. Kusukela ngesikhathi ebambe iqhaza ekuvukeleni kwabafundi baseSoweto  <response>: ngoJune 1976, waphoqeleka ukuba abaleke ezweni ngaphambi kokuba abhalise. Wabalekela eLesotho ukuze aqedele imfundo yakhe futhi wajoyina igatsha lezempi le-ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe MK, kamuva wakhonza njengomfundisi kanye nomkhomishana wezepolitiki kule nhlangano. Ngesikhathi ekhonza eMK, uMakwetla wayehlala emazweni angomakhelwane, njenge-Angola, iBotswana neZambia. 