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J. S. Likhing

J. S. Likhing portrait

Updated
14 Sep 2019
J. S. Likhing portrait

Summary

member and chaplain of the ANC

J. S. Likhing was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was educated in the Cape and later, perhaps by correspondence, became a Licentiate in Theology of the Antioch Seminary in New York. He was general secretary of the separatist African Orthodox Church, president of the Bechuanaland-Griqualand West, African National Congress (ANC) around 1930, and also an assistant chaplain of the national ANC. In 1935 he attended the first meeting of the All African Convention (AAC).

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 · 14 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, September 2). J. S. Likhing. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149487

South African History Online (2019) 'J. S. Likhing', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149487 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

South African History Online, J. S. Likhing [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149487, (accessed 25 October 2026).

"J. S. Likhing." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149487. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "J. S. Likhing." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149487.

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