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Stephen Tefu

Stephen Tefu portrait

Born
c. 1910
Updated
23 Aug 2019
Stephen Tefu portrait

Summary

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and the Central Committee in Johannesburg, organizer for the Federation of Non-European Trade Unions, chairman of the African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s

Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly after joining, he became a member of the central committee in Johannesburg. In 1933 he was jailed for seven weeks after being arrested in connection with a procession by unemployed Africans. He was at that time an organizer for the Federation of Non-European Trade Unions; later he became chairman of the African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1961 on a charge under the Suppression of Communism Act.

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, October 13). Stephen Tefu. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068545

South African History Online (2011) 'Stephen Tefu', South African History Online, 13 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068545 (Accessed: 21 October 2026).

South African History Online, Stephen Tefu [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068545, (accessed 21 October 2026).

"Stephen Tefu." South African History Online, 13 Oct. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068545. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Stephen Tefu." South African History Online. October 13, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068545.

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