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James Sebe Moroka is born

James Sebe Moroka

Date
16 Mar 1892
Updated
13 Mar 2020
James Sebe Moroka

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.

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  1. 01Remembered.co.za,"James Sebe Moroka (1892 - 1985)",From: Remembered.co.za,[Online],Available at: remembered.co.za,[Accessed on: 05 March 2014]
  2. 02Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

Last updated · 13 Mar 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). James Sebe Moroka is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011145

South African History Online (2011) 'James Sebe Moroka is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011145 (Accessed: 29 August 2026).

South African History Online, James Sebe Moroka is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011145, (accessed 29 August 2026).

"James Sebe Moroka is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011145. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "James Sebe Moroka is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011145.

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