James Moroka

James Moroka

President of the African National Congress
In office 1949–1952
Preceded by	Alfred Xuma
Succeeded by	Albert Luthuli
Personal details
Born	16 March 1891 Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State
Died	November 10, 1985(1985-11-10)
Political party	African National Congress
Occupation	Medical doctor

James Sebe Moroka, OLG (16 March 1891 – 10 November 1985) was a medical doctor and a politician, who was the president of the African National Congress 1949–1952.^[1]

Moroka was elected as the president of the ANC by the support of the African National Congress Youth League and its leaders Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela in December 1949. During Moroka's presidency, the ANC started to implement more militant tactics in fighting the country's Apartheid regime.^[1]

In 1952 Moroka was convicted of "statutory communism" according to the Suppression of Communism Act with 20 other defendants.^[2] During the trial Moroka pleaded for mitigation and rejected ANC's principles of racial equality and was soon expelled from the party.^[3]

References

1 2 Biography of Dr James Sebe Moroka, South African History Online
↑ "Death the Leveler". The Time. December 15, 1952. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
↑ Kathrada, Ahmed (2005). Memoirs. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 104. ISBN 1-86872-918-4.

African National Congress

History

Leaders

Secretary-General	1912–1915 S. T. Plaatje 1915–1917 R. V. S. Thema 1917–1919 S. Msane 1919–1923 H.L. Bud-M'belle 1923–1927 T. D. Mweli-Skota 1927–1930 E. J. Khaile 1930–1936 E. Mdolomba 1936–1949 James Calata 1949–1955 W. M. U. Sisulu 1955–1958 O. R. Tambo 1958–1969 P. P. D. Nokwe 1969–1991 A. B. Nzo 1991–1997 M. C. Ramaphosa 1997–2007 K. Motlanthe 2007–present G. Mantashe

President	1912–1917 J. L. Dube 1917–1924 S. M. Makgatho 1924–1927 Z. R. Mahabane 1927–1930 J. T. Gumede 1930–1936 P. ka Isaka Seme 1937–1940 Z. R. Mahabane 1940–1949 A. B. Xuma 1949–1952 J. S. Moroka 1952–1967 A. J. Lutuli 1967–1991 O. R. Tambo 1991–1997 N. R. Mandela 1997–2007 T. M. Mbeki 2007–present J. G. Zuma

Deputy President	1952–1958 N. R. Mandela 1958–1985 O. R. Tambo 1985–1991 N. R. Mandela 1991–1994 W. M. U. Sisulu 1994–1997 T. M. Mbeki 1997–2007 J. G. Zuma 2007–2012 K. Motlanthe 2012-present M. C. Ramaphosa

National Conferences

38th (1949)
39th (1950)
40th (1951)
41st (1952)
42nd (1953)
43rd (1954)
44th (1955)
45th (1957)
46th (1958)
47th (1959)
48th (1991)
49th (1994)
50th (1997)
51st (2002)
52nd (2007)
53rd (2012)

Structure and wings

Allied organizations

Category

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