Published date
11 January 1859
John Tengo Jabavu, Bantu newspaper editor, preacher and the second Black matriculant in South Africa was born in Healdtown district, now in the Eastern Cape Province.
References
Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.|The Presidency, John Tengo Jabavu (1859 - 1921), from The Presidency, [online], Available at www.thepresidency.gov.za [Accessed: 12 December 2013]