Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born

Date: 13 Jun 1923
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Reginald 'Reg' September was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress. He was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on the 13th June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He attended Cape Town's Trafalgar High School where his opposition to white racism was formed by his teachers who encouraged political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011456

South African History Online (2011) 'Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011456 (Accessed: 22 August 2026).

South African History Online, Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011456, (accessed 22 August 2026).

"Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011456. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Reginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011456.