Harold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift

Date: 1 Feb 1889
Updated: 4 Dec 2019

Harold Cressy, co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his studies, having been denied entry to the Rhodes University College in Grahamstown and Victoria College in Stellenbosch, now the University of Stellenbosch, because of his race.

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01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.
02SAHO, Harold Cressy, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 6 Febeuary 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Harold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011128

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