Bransby Ndobe
Names: Ndobe, Bransby
Born: 1927
In summary: Organised ANC branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and also of the CPSA
Born 1927. With Elliot Tonjeni, Bransby Ndobe did much to organise African National Congress (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) until about 1929, he supported J. T. Gumede's policy of closer cooperation between the ANC and the CPSA. He was a rival of James Thaele in the western Cape and eventually led his supporters into a short-lived Independent ANC in 1930, after being ousted by Thaele from the position of ANC provincial secretary. Shortly afterward he was deported to Basutoland (now Lesotho).
References
- Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 – 1964. Hoover Institution Pres: Stanford University.
