Joshua Makue

Born: 1909
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Teacher, tailor and member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union. Participated in the 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign

Born in 1909 Makue was a teacher and tailor. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union after being refused enrolment as an engineering student at the University of the Witwatersrand because the course was not open to blacks. He joined the 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Joshua Makue. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0144698

South African History Online (2019) 'Joshua Makue', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0144698 (Accessed: 29 August 2026).

South African History Online, Joshua Makue [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0144698, (accessed 29 August 2026).

"Joshua Makue." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0144698. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Joshua Makue." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0144698.