Crosby Moni

{{Short description|South African politician and trade union leader (d. 2013)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Crosby Mpoxo Moni | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | term_start1 = 17 November 2010 | term_end1 = 21 December 2013 | predecessor1 = Makhenkesi Stofile | successor1 = Priscilla Sekgobela | birth_name = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date = 21 December 2013 | death_place = Mozambique | party = African National Congress<br/>South African Communist Party | other_party = | spouse = Nokwakha | partner =  | relations = | children = 5 | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | committees = | awards = | website = }} '''Crosby Mpoxo Moni''' (died 21 December 2013) was a South African politician and trade union leader who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2011 until his death in 2013. Moni was a member of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party.

==Political career== Moni worked as a mineworker at the Matla Colliery in present-day Mpumalanga alongside future African National Congress politician Gwede Mantashe.<ref name="NUM">{{Cite web |title=NUM mourns the passing away of its former deputy president comrade Crosby Moni |url=https://num.org.za/News-Reports-Speeches/ArticleID/282/NUM-mourns-the-passing-away-of-its-former-deputy-president-comrade-Crosby-Moni |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=NUM {{!}} National Union of Mineworkers |language=en-US}}</ref> Moni joined the National Union of Mineworkers in 1982. He was first a shop steward for the union, before gradually moving up the union's leadership ranks until he became the national deputy president of the union. He retired from the union in 2009.<ref name="NUM"/> Moni also served on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, and was active in Mpumalanga politics, serving as the deputy provincial chairperson of the ANC. He also assisted in the rebuilding of South African National Organisation structures.<ref name="Drum">{{Cite web |title=ANC MP Crosby Moni has died |url=https://www.news24.com/drum/news/anc-mp-crosby-moni-has-died-20170728 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Drum |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Parliamentary career== Moni joined the National Assembly of South Africa in 2011 and represented Benoni on the East Rand as a member of the ANC.<ref name="Drum"/> In parliament, he was a member of the basic education and higher education portfolio committees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2014-01-08 |title=Benoni constituency MP has died |url=https://benonicitytimes.co.za/162169/benoni-constituency-mp-has-died/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Benoni City Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Death== Moni contracted malaria during a visit to Mozambique in December 2013 and died from it on 21 December 2013.<ref name="eNCA">{{Cite web |title=ANC MP Crosby Moni dies |url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/anc-mp-crosby-moni-dies |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=eNCA |language=en}}</ref> He is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.<ref name="eNCA"/> NUM and the South African Democratic Teachers Union both released statements in which they mourned Moni.<ref name="NUM"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=SADTU on the Passing of Comrade Crosby Moni |url=https://www.sadtu.org.za/content/sadtu-passing-comrade-crosby-moni |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=SADTU }}</ref>

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