John Tengo Jabavu, Bantu newspaper editor, preacher and the second Black matriculant in South Africa was born in Healdtown district, now in the Eastern Cape Province.
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11 January 1859
John Tengo Jabavu is born
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
- 02The Presidency, John Tengo Jabavu (1859 - 1921), from The Presidency, [online], Available at www.thepresidency.gov.za [Accessed: 12 December 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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