Joseph Nong “Joe” Thloloe was born on 01 July 1942 in Orlando East, Soweto to Nokuthula and Joel Letebele Thloloe. He began his primary school education at Law Palmer Primary School and upon completion went to Orlando High School. It was here that he was instructed by teachers who were politically inclined and abhorred the system of Apartheid, like Ellen Kuzwayo and Thamsanqa Kambule.

References

PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL ORDERS, South African Government Online [online], Available at www.gov.za[Accessed 04 April 2013].| 

Joseph Thloloe, Who’s Who of Southern Africa [online], Available at www.whoswho.co.za    [Accessed 04 April 2013]. 

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