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Robert Sobukwe

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Date of birthDecember 5, 1924
Place of birthGraaff Reinet, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Date of deathFebruary 27, 1978(age 53)
Place of deathKimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Political partyPan Africanist Congress
Alma materUniversity of Fort Hare
President of the Pan Africanist Congress
In officeApril 6, 1959 - 1963
Succeeded byPotlako Leballo

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Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (5 December 1924-27 February 1978) was a South African political dissident, who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the apartheid regime.

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our freedom too - The Witness Tweet this news
The Witness--Thloloe was there on the spot with -Robert Sobukwe- at the Orlando Police Station in 1960 when they burnt their dompasses, and had to endure many other nights ... - Date : Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:18:52 GMT+00:00
Book Excerpt: Foot Soldier for Freedom by Rica Hodgson - BOOK Southern Africa (blog) Tweet this news
BOOK Southern Africa (blog)---...- organised by the PAC – an organisation that had been formed by a handful of people who had broken away from the ANC in 1959, led by -Robert Sobukwe-. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:22:35 GMT+00:00
Robben Island: The 'dumping site' of the liberation fighters - Mmegi Online Tweet this news
Mmegi Online--According to MP, whose grandfather was hanged in 1967 for fighting to be free alongside the heavyweights in -Robert- Mangaliso -Sobukwe-, whom he regards as his ... - Date : Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:40:13 GMT+00:00
PAC veteran Peter Molotsi dies - News24 Tweet this news
News24--He occupied the post of secretary for pan African affairs under party president -Robert Sobukwe-. PAC spokesperson Lehlohonolo Shale on Thursday described ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:28:32 GMT+00:00
PAC veteran dies - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online--He had occupied the post of secretary for pan African affairs under party president -Robert Sobukwe-. Shale said Molotsi, who was born in Kroonstad, ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:36:56 GMT+00:00
Moving tale of artist who became a political leader - Tonight Tweet this news
Tonight--The documentary title comes from a story they were told while on Robben Island about -Robert Sobukwe-, who had been locked up in a house on the Island. ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:48:33 GMT+00:00
Veteran PAC leader Peter Molotsi dies - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--He occupied the post of secretary for Pan African affairs under party president -Robert Sobukwe-. PAC spokesperson Lehlohonolo Shale described Molotsi as a ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:16:32 GMT+00:00
Get to relive Tata's great moments - Times LIVE Tweet this news
Times LIVE---...- of other leaders in the liberation struggle, such as Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, -Robert Sobukwe-, Thabo Mofutsenyane, Anton Lembede and many more. ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:08:47 GMT+00:00
'You longed for your family': former inmate tells of life on Robben Island - Brisbane Times Tweet this news
Brisbane Times---...- government to hide away political enemies including Walter Sisulu, -Robert Sobukwe- and the jail's most famous and formidable inhabitant, Nelson Mandela. ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:19:53 GMT+00:00
Mkhabela: in class of his own - Joburg Tweet this news
Joburg--He recalls an incident at the funeral of -Robert Sobukwe-, the first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, where he was accused of swearing at the leader ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:20:18 GMT+00:00

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