John Nquku

John June Nquku (born 1899, date of death unknown) was an early Swaziland nationalist and political leader. Though born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa of Zulu parents, Nquku moved to Swaziland in 1930 to become the first African inspector of Swazi schools. In 1945, Nquku became President of the Progressive Association, which later became the Swaziland Progressive Party in 1959-1960. In 1962, Nquku was deposed as party leader for allegedly corrupt and dictatorial practices.^[1]

References

1. Swaziland Political Development by R.P. Stevens in the Journal of Modern African Studies, 1963