This Day in History: March 16, 1892
Additional Date: March 16, 1892
Dr James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State. He was a great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka at Thaba Nchu. Today one of the municipalities on the Mpumalanga highveld is named after him.