Synopsis
Member of the PAC, political detainee, chairman of the South African National Editors' Forum(SANEF), president of the Union of Black Journalists and Media Workers Association of South Africa and press ombudsman
First name
Joseph
Last name
Thloloe
Date of birth
01 July 1942
Location of birth
Orlando East, Soweto
Joseph Nong “Joe” Thloloe was born on 01 July 1942 in Orlando East, Soweto to Nokuthula and Joel Letebele Thloloe. He began his primary school education at Law Palmer Primary School and upon completion went to Orlando High School. It was here that he was instructed by teachers who were politically inclined and abhorred the system of Apartheid, like Ellen Kuzwayo and Thamsanqa Kambule.