Albert Nzula dies in Moscow

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in Moscow. The date of his death varies in different sources. It is given as 17 January in one and the year as 1934 in various other sources.

How we know this

01Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4
02Political Profiles 1882 - 1964. Hoover Institution Pres: Stanford University.
03Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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