13 October 1955
Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the Western Native Township, Johannesburg. He died a batchelor after a short illness and was buried at the Croesus Cemetery in Newclare, Johannesburg.  
References

Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2|South African History Online, Gana Makabeni, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 9 October 2013]