Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955, Cala) is a South African politician, who currently serves as the Secretary General of the African National Congress. He is also a former chairperson of the South African Communist Party.Gwede Mantashe was born in 1955 in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He studied at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 1997 and completed his B.Comm Honours degree in 2002. He also acquired a Masters degree from the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) in 2008. Wikipedia