Date: 11 February, 1946

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in Umhlanga, Natal.  He was the first Black person to receive a D.Phil. honoris causa from a SA university.

References

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