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Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.

Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.

Date
3 Dec 1950
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.

Muntu Myeza was Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), an affiliate of the Black Consciousness Movement. At the age of 22 , he joined the first black consciousness organisation in South Africa; South African Students' Organisation (SASO). In 1974, he was elected general secretary of SASO. As Chairman of SASO, Myeza organised the making Viva Frelimo Rallies in September 1974. The rallies were banned by then Justice Minister Jimmy Kruger. Still hundreds flocked to the 25-September-1974 rally, leading to the arrest of most Black People’s Convention (BPC) and SASO leaders, including Myeza. Myeza died in car accident in 1990. In 2012 AZAPO declared the month of July “Muntu Myeza Memorial Month.”

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  1. 01Mbele, Vele, (2012), South Africa: Remembering Ingelosi Yomhlaba - A Tribute to Muntu Myeza from allAfrica, 26 July, [online], Available at allafrica.com [Accessed: 14 October 2013]
  2. 02City Press Archives, (2012), Muntu Myeza,from City Press Archives, 28 July [online], Available at www.citypress.co.za [Accessed: 14 October 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, December 5). Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070622

South African History Online (2011) 'Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.', South African History Online, 5 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070622 (Accessed: 3 August 2026).

South African History Online, Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070622, (accessed 3 August 2026).

"Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.." South African History Online, 5 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070622. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Muntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.." South African History Online. December 5, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070622.

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