Joseph Morolong

Born: 1927
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions and the ANC,defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial

Born in 1927 in the Northern Cape, Morolong participated in ANC campaigns in the Cape Town area and was a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. A defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until December 1957, he was detained in solitary confinement for several months during the 1960 state of emergency. In 1963 he was banned and restricted to his father's kraal in an isolated area of the Northern Cape, where he was forced to remain.

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South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Joseph Morolong. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0008649

South African History Online (2011) 'Joseph Morolong', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0008649 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).

South African History Online, Joseph Morolong [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0008649, (accessed 28 July 2026).

"Joseph Morolong." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0008649. Accessed 28 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Joseph Morolong." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/B-0008649.