Selby Msimang

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Henry Selby Msimang (born December 13, 1886 in Edendale ; † March 29, 1982 ibid) was a politician and anti- apartheid activist in South Africa . He belonged to the African National Congress (ANC) and later also to the Liberal Party .

Life

Msimang was born in Edendale, Natal to the founder of the Independent Methodist Church , Joel Msimang, and Joanah Radebe . His older brother was Richard Msimang. Selby Msimang graduated from Emakosini Primary School in Nhlangano in Swaziland . From 1903 to 1907 he attended the Methodist Kilnerton Institution in Pretoria , the Edendale Institution in Edendale and the College Healdtown Institution at Fort Beaufort , where he was trained as a teacher; However, he never practiced the profession.

In 1908 Msimang worked as a court interpreter in Germiston , then at the post office in Krugersdorp . In 1912 he was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress , later the African National Congress. He worked as Sol Plaatje's assistant in the Constitution Committee (about: "Constitutional Committee"), which his brother had convened. In 1913 he became secretary of the Anti- Lands Act Committee , in 1914 court interpreter in Vrede . In 1919 he was in Bloemfontein in the establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union participates in Bloemfontein, whose president he became the 1920th In Bloemfontein he also published the newspaper Messenger - Inxusa - Morumioa . In 1922 he moved to Johannesburg . He was employed by Pixley ka Isaka Seme's legal practice . From 1928 to 1937 he worked as a consultant for labor law. In 1935 Msimang was secretary of the first meeting of the All African Convention . In 1941 he moved to Pietermaritzburg , where he was appointed ANC Secretary for the Natal Province . In 1953 he joined - still a member of the ANC - as a founding member of the Liberal Party, whose board he was one of the few blacks from 1956 to 1958. Then Msimang was Vice-Chairperson of the party, which later dissolved because party members were only allowed to belong to a single population group according to the 1968 Prohibition of Political Interference Act (about: "Law to prevent political interference"). From 1974 to 1975 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the South African Institute of Race Relations .

Msimang was a lay preacher in the Methodist Church. He married in 1913 - his first wife died in 1951 - and 1952 and had a total of four sons and four daughters.

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  1. ^ A b c d e South African History Online: Henry Selby Msimang . at sahistory.org.za, accessed September 4, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Peter Brown: Some notes on Selby Msimang and the founding of the ANC. ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.disa.ukzn.ac.za, website of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (English; PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.disa.ukzn.ac.za
personal data
SURNAME Msimang, Selby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Msimang, Henry Selby (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician and activist
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Edendale (South Africa)
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1982
Place of death Edendale (South Africa)