TD Mweli Skota

Summary

Trevor Dundas Mweli Skota (died 1933) worked as a clerk, journalist, ANC secretary-general, court interpreter, and independent businessman. Early life His family is originally from the Eastern Cape and his father, Boyce Skota, was of Hlubi royal descent. In 1866, Boyce who was then in his teens, converted to Christianity. Boyce enrolled at the Wesleyan School at Healdtown, following which he worked as teacher, court interpreter and lay preacher. He married Lydia, a leader of the Wesleyan Women’s League and social worker. T.D Mweli Skota was born in Kimberley in 1890, and attended school there. Unfortunately, no evidence remains of his early education and he did not proceed beyond secondary school. Career In 1910 at age of twenty, Skota went to Johannesburg and worked as a clerk at the Crown Mines. His role in the formation of the Native Congress, in 1912, is unclear, but it was later discovered that he helped Pixley ka Isaka Seme in launching the Abantu-Batho newsp

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