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Biography record

Howard S. Ngcobo

Howard S. Ngcobo portrait

Born
1923
Died
1960
Updated
23 Aug 2019
Howard S. Ngcobo portrait

Summary

Active in the Natal African National Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he later became a member of the national executive committee of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1959

Howard S. Ngcobo was born in 1923 in Natal, he studied law for one year at the University of Natal and by correspondence with the University of London. He worked for a time as a salesman. Active in the Natal African National Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he became a member of the national executive committee of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1959. He was an effective organiser, but a speech impediment limited his effectiveness on the platform. Early in 1960 he toured the western Cape with Robert Sobukwe and P. K. Leballo, but soon after the beginning of the 1960 emergency he was killed in an automobile accident.

How we know this

  1. 01Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ 1964. Hoover Institution Pres: Stanford University.

Last updated · 23 Aug 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, September 21). Howard S. Ngcobo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068238

South African History Online (2011) 'Howard S. Ngcobo', South African History Online, 21 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068238 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Howard S. Ngcobo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068238, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Howard S. Ngcobo." South African History Online, 21 Sept. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068238. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Howard S. Ngcobo." South African History Online. September 21, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068238.

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