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ZA HPRA A1618
Title
T.D. Mweli Skota Papers
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- 1930-1974 (Creation)
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7 boxes
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Mweli Skota was a member of the Executive and General Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also a business man, religious leader and publisher. Skota was the editor of the newspaper "Abantu-Batho", founder and editor of "African Shield" and he edited and compiled the "The African Yearly Register".
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Archivist's note
The main body of the collection will be digitised in 2014/2015. Some items are badly damaged and in poor condition, which could not always be compensated by digitisation.