Walter Rubusana
South African politician and newspaper founder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mpilo Walter Benson Rubusana (21 March 1858 – 19 April 1936) was the co-founder of the Xhosa language newspaper publication, Izwi Labantu,[1] funded by Cecil John Rhodes, and the first Black person to be elected to the Cape Council (Parliament) in 1909. He also initiated the Native Education Association that contributed towards the formation of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912[2] and later renamed the African National Congress in 1923.