Sol Plaatjie
South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer; founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress; regarded as the first · South Africa · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1876 to 1932 · aged 55
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. Plaatje was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which became the African National Congress (ANC).
Sol Plaatjie is read about 77 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.
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The South African Native National Congress delegation to England, June 1914. Left to right: Thomas Mapike, Rev. Walter Rubusana, Rev. John Dube, Saul Msane, Sol Plaatje
A scene from the stage show of Cradle of the World, 1923. Sol Plaatje is centre stage.
Sol Plaatje Hall at the Anglo-Boer War Museum in BloemfonteinAwards
About this person
The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which includes the city of Kimberley, is named after him, as is the Sol Plaatje University in that city, which opened its doors in 2014.
