About Philip Kgosana
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 79–80). Philip Kgosana was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist.
Philip Ata Kgosana (Born in now Makapanstad, North West, South Africa 12 October 1936 – 19 April 2017) was a leader of the Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa. He is known for leading a demonstration at the age of 23 on 30 March 1960, in which 30,000 protestors opposing the country's pass laws marched from Langa to Cape Town, one of the largest anti-apartheid demonstrations to take place in Cape Town.
Kgosana died of cancer on 19 April 2017. A section of the M3 expressway into Cape Town was renamed Philip Kgosana Drive in his honour, as this formed part of his 1960 march. It was formerly known as De Waal Drive, after Nicolaas Frederic de Waal, a former Administrator of the Cape Province who initiated its construction in the early 1900s.
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Who was Philip Kgosana?
South African politician
When was Philip Kgosana born?
Philip Kgosana was born in 1937.
When did Philip Kgosana die?
Philip Kgosana died on 20 April 2017.
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Philip Kgosana was a politician and anti-apartheid activist.
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Philip Kgosana was South African.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Philip Kgosana. https://biography.guide/philip-kgosana/
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