Walter Benson Rubusana is born in Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. He was a founder-member of the African National Congress (ANC). His father, Rubusana kaMbonjana, was a senior councillor, or uMphakathi.
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21 February 1858
Walter Benson Rubusana, founding member of the ANC, is born
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- 30 Sep 2019
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