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James La Guma dies

James La Guma dies

Date
29 Jul 1961
Updated
22 Aug 2019
James La Guma dies

James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's Organisation from 1957-1959, dies in Cape Town. Source: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , Pretoria: HSRC.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). James La Guma dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011932

South African History Online (2011) 'James La Guma dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011932 (Accessed: 22 September 2026).

South African History Online, James La Guma dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011932, (accessed 22 September 2026).

"James La Guma dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011932. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "James La Guma dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011932.

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