All-African Convention

The All-African Convention conference took place from 15–18 December 1935. Notable figures who attended the delegation included Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, JL Dube, Zacharias Richard Mahabane, Alfred Bitini Xuma, James Moroka and Thabo Edwin Mofutsanyana. The Convention consisted of representatives from across a broad political spectrum, including the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union.[1] They convened at a community hall in Bloemfontein in response to three proposed bills by President J.B.M. Hertzog.[2]

All African Convention
TypeRecognition of self development of the Native
SignedDecember 1935
LocationBloemfontein, Orange Free State
  1. ^ Clark, Nancy L. (2016). South Africa : the rise and fall of apartheid. William H. Worger (Third ed.). Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-138-12444-8. OCLC 883649263.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Timeline – All African Convention". SAHO. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2018.[permanent dead link]