Joseph Nong Thloloe

Born: 01 July 1942
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Member of the PAC, political detainee, chairman of the South African National Editors' Forum(SANEF), president of the Union of Black Journalists and Media Workers Association of South Africa and press ombudsman

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.

How we know this

01PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL ORDERS, South African Government Online [online], Available at www.gov.za[Accessed 04 April 2013].
02 Joseph Thloloe, Who’s Who of Southern Africa [online], Available at www.whoswho.co.za [Accessed 04 April 2013].

Last updated · 21 Jul 2026

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Joseph Nong Thloloe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148754

South African History Online (2019) 'Joseph Nong Thloloe', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148754 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).

South African History Online, Joseph Nong Thloloe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148754, (accessed 4 August 2026).

"Joseph Nong Thloloe." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148754. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Joseph Nong Thloloe." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148754.