This Day in History: 3 December 1950
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.”