Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in Johannesburg. A clerk by occupation, he was briefly a member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) before 1950 and was known in Cape Town as an active organiser and public speaker. He was placed under ban in 1954 and again in 1961, and around 1963 he left South Africa to live in Basutoland (now Lesotho).
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Joseph Nkatlo
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South African History Online. (2011, September 26). Joseph Nkatlo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068265
South African History Online (2011) 'Joseph Nkatlo', South African History Online, 26 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068265 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).
South African History Online, Joseph Nkatlo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068265, (accessed 5 August 2026).
"Joseph Nkatlo." South African History Online, 26 Sept. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068265. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Joseph Nkatlo." South African History Online. September 26, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0068265.
Further reading
Place
Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
Manuel Perestrelo visited Cape St Francis in 1575 and named it 'Bahia de Sao Francisco'.
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