A leader of the African National Congress Youth League during the 1940s, he was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee in 1946. He was a university graduate and was a president of the Transvaal African Teacher's Association. In the early 1950s he identified himself with Selope Thema's National-minded Bloc.
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J. E. Malepe
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- 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.
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