Biography trevor manual

Trevor Manuel was born 31 January,1956 in Kensington, Cape Town. His father, Abraham Manuel, worked for the Cape Town City Council.Manuel attended Harold Cressy High School and matriculated in 1973. He moved on to work for a construction company for nearly 8 years. He was promoted to civil engineering technician, but decided to resign from his position in 1981 to volunteer as a community organiser for the Cape Areas Housing Committee (CAHAC). He was also appointed as a field worker for the Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC), a literature supplier to community organisations, in March 1982.As a young boy Manuel was exposed to the negative aspects of the apartheid regime when his Black neighbours were forced to move from Kensington to Gugulethu. He became politically active in 1969, when he joined the Labour Party Youth with the blessing of his father, but left the organisation as a result of peer pressure. He also felt that the Labour Party's partici