Mikki xayiya biography of martin

          "That Mr Mikki Xayiya, having been appointed as an additional director of the.

        1. "That Mr Mikki Xayiya, having been appointed as an additional director of the.
        2. Mr Mikki Xayiya (BA) is the deputy chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Mvela Holdings) and Mvelaphanda Group Ltd and serves on the board of Mvela.
        3. Three hundred works collected by businessperson Mikki and his late wife Nwabisa Xayiya will be auctioned on October
        4. Mikki Xayiya.
        5. The collection and the sale are underscored by a passion for art and collecting between Nwabisa and her husband Mikki Xayiya.

          6. Three hundred works collected by businessperson Mikki and his late wife Nwabisa Xayiya will be auctioned on October.

          His key investment is education

          Former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) commander and Mvelaphanda group co-founder, Mikki Xayiya, chose to study further while running a very successful business. 

          The Saturday Dispatch met with him to find out what drives him.

          SIPHE MACANDA: Please give us a brief profile of yourself.

          MIKKI XAYIYA: I grew up and came of age in Mdantsane in the early 70s.

          Like most conscientious members of my generation I was drawn into student and youth political activism.

          SP: There’s talk of your involvement in the ANC underground. How did you get there?

          MX: That journey took me through the ANC underground in 1976 and thereafter I underwent military training in Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1978 in Angola, German Democratic Republic and Cuba, after my combat experiences here at home, before my capture in a military skirmish.

          SP: You were captured?

          MX: Eventually I was sentenced to serve time on Robben Island in 1984 until I was freed in 1990 in the wake of the unb