10/02/2026
Pixley Ka Isaka Seme as a student at Oxford University in 1908. In 1911, Seme established the South African Native Farmers Association to encourage farm workers to buy land in the Daggakraal area, and thus attain personal independence. This was one of the reasons why the Botha administration enacted the Natives Land Act of 1913, barring "black" people from owning land in South Africa.
In response to the formation of the Union of South Africa, Seme worked with several other young Black leaders recently returned from university studies in England - Richard Msimang, George Montsioa and Alfred Mangena, and established leaders of the South African Native Convention in Johannesburg to promote the formation of a national organization that would unify various tribal groups from the separate colonies. In January 1912, these efforts bore fruit with the founding meeting of the South African Native National Congress. Source: The Man Who Founded The ANC - A Biography of Pixley Ka Isaka Seme by Bongani Ngqulunga
