Solomon Plaatje dies in Pimville

Solomon Plaatje

Date: 19 June, 1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (55), South African Tswana writer and political leader, died of pneumonia while on a trip to Johannesburg. He was a prolific journalist and writer and in 1912 became first secretary-general of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). The SANNC became the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923.

Sources:

Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 587.