Jabulane Mabuza was born in February 1958 in the town of Waterval Boven , South Africa . His family was later forcibly resettled in White River on trust land , and Mabuza lived alternatively with his two grandmothers . He later went to live with an aunt in Daveyton . While in junior secondary school , Mabuza was expelled for being caught in the 1976 student protests in Soweto . He later graduated in Durban and from 1981 until 1982 attended the University of Limpopo
1976 student protests
Soweto uprising
Jabu Mabuza