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James Sebe Moroka is born

James Sebe Moroka

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

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