Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly after joining, he became a member of the central committee in Johannesburg. In 1933 he was jailed for seven weeks after being arrested in connection with a procession by unemployed Africans. He was at that time an organizer for the Federation of Non-European Trade Unions; later he became chairman of the African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1961 on a charge under the Suppression of Communism Act.
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Biography record
Stephen Tefu
- Born
- c. 1910
- Updated
- 23 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2011, October 13). Stephen Tefu. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068545
South African History Online (2011) 'Stephen Tefu', South African History Online, 13 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068545 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).
South African History Online, Stephen Tefu [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068545, (accessed 29 July 2026).
"Stephen Tefu." South African History Online, 13 Oct. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068545. Accessed 29 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Stephen Tefu." South African History Online. October 13, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068545.
Further reading
Place
Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
Manuel Perestrelo visited Cape St Francis in 1575 and named it 'Bahia de Sao Francisco'.
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