He is publicity secretary of the United Democratic Front, the largest anti-apartheid group inside the country.
John Odey, the PDP national publicity secretary, said that the new association had no legal right to hold a congress since it was only an association.
At the ANC's first regional conference in 1990 Manuel was elected publicity secretary.
He became the general secretary of greater Mymensingh district Chhatra League and assistant publicity secretary of the central unit.
He was publicity secretary of the South African Students Organisation at the University of Zululand (1972).
After his release, he was elected publicity secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983.
Lechisa Tsenoli, the regional publicity secretary of the front in Natal, said he believed the seven dead youths were front sympathizers.
In 1958, he became the union's publicity secretary and magazine editor.
One, Murphy Morobe, acting publicity secretary, had been operating underground since the state of emergency was declared.
The robbers simply avoid the road blocks on their way to carrying out their nefarious activities," said Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party's national publicity secretary.