Born in 1913 and a master printer by occupation, he was elected to parliament by the Africans of the Cape Western district to replace Ray Alexander in 1954 and served as a Natives' Representative until 1960. Banned after 1954, he was national vice-president of the Congress of Democrats and one of the accused in the Treason Trial.

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From Protest to Challenge, political Profiles Volume 4, P55