{"id":8937,"date":"2020-04-04T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/about-sol-plaatje-copy-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:15:08","slug":"sol-plaatje","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/sol-plaatje\/","title":{"rendered":"Sol Plaatje"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8937\" class=\"elementor elementor-8937\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3efda90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3efda90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1840\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1840\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Sol Plaatje Memorial Week 2026 <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1840\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd8a6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcd8a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016e27c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"016e27c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">As part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, Sol Plaatje University will host Sol Plaatje Memorial Week from 5 to 10 October 2026.<\/span><\/p><div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\"><u data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Programme Overview:<\/u><\/b><\/div><div data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Monday, 5 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">10:00<\/b> | Official Opening by <b data-ogsc=\"\">Honourable Buti Manamela<br \/><\/b>Minister of Higher Education and Training<b data-ogsc=\"\"><br \/>Address:<\/b> Reflections on Sol Plaatje&#8217;s legacy | <b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> SPU Library Auditorium<b data-ogsc=\"\"><br \/>Thereafter<\/b> | Commemorative Stamp Unveiling, officiated by the Minister<b data-ogsc=\"\"><br \/>Venue:<\/b> Sol Plaatje Museum, 32 Angel Street<\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><p role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">14:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/b> | <i data-ogsc=\"\">Sol Plaatje and Setswana<\/i> Panel Discussion<\/p><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speakers: Dr Otshepeng Moletsane\u00a0and Dr Lesley Mofokeng<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue<\/b><i data-ogsc=\"\">:<\/i> Library Auditorium<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Tuesday, 6 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">10:00 -12:00<\/b> | Panel Discussion: <i data-ogsc=\"\">Mhudi and Native Life in South Africa<\/i><\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speakers: Prof Shole J. Shole and Dr Eileen Pooe<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0<\/div><\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">13:00 -15:00<\/b> | Public Lecture: <i data-ogsc=\"\">Locating Sol Plaatje in the Age of decoloniality and planetary consciousness<\/i><\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speaker: Dr Sebeka Plaatjie<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Wednesday, 7 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">09:00 &#8211; 20:00<\/b> | Chancellor&#8217;s Football Programme<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speaker: Mr Pitso Mosimane<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue: <\/b>South Campus<\/div><\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">10:00 &#8211; 12:00<\/b> | Panel Discussion: <i data-ogsc=\"\">110 Years of Native Life in South Africa<\/i><br \/>Speakers: Prof Brian Willan and Dr Janet Remmington (UK, online)<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">14:00 &#8211; 15:00<\/b> | Education-focused Public Lecture: <i data-ogsc=\"\">What Do We Need to Remember About Sol Plaatje and Education?<\/i>\u00a0<br \/>Speaker: Prof Brian Willan<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue<\/b><i data-ogsc=\"\">:<\/i> Library Auditorium<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Thursday, 8 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">12:00 &#8211; 14:00<\/b> | Book Launch: <i data-ogsc=\"\">Biography of Isaiah Bud-M&#8217;Belle<\/i> by Prof Brian Willan and Dr Brown Maaba<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speakers: Prof Brian Willan, Dr Brown Maaba and Dr Janet Remmington<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue<\/b><i data-ogsc=\"\">:<\/i> Library Auditorium<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0<\/div><\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">16:00 &#8211; 17:30<\/b> | Justice Yvonne Mokgoro Judicial Roundtable<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speakers: Judge Violet Phatshoane, Justice Steven Majiedt and Prof Githu Muigai<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0<\/div><\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">18:00<\/b> | Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner<b data-ogsc=\"\"> (<i data-ogsc=\"\">per invitation<\/i>)<\/b><\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Keynote Speaker: Dr Zamani Saul<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue: <\/b>SPU Great Hall<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Friday, 9 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">10:00 &#8211; 12:00<\/b> | Launch of the<i data-ogsc=\"\">!Xao Journal for New Writing<\/i><\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speaker: Mr Tuelo Gabonewe<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0<\/div><\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">12:00 &#8211; 14:00<\/b> | Discussion on Sol Plaatje&#8217;s Intellectual Legacy, Literary Contributions, Historical and Decolonial Relevance<br \/>Speaker: Prof Chitja Twala<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Auditorium A, Education Building, Central Campus, 26 Scanlan Street, Labram, Kimberley<\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">16:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/b> | Annual Sol Plaatje Memorial Lecture and Roundtable Discussion<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Keynote Speaker and panelists: Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Prof Tshepo Madlingozi, Prof Brian Willan, Dr Sebeka Plaatjie, Mr Sabata-mpho Mokae and Mr Mbulelo Gobo<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Library Auditorium<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Saturday, 10 October 2026<\/b><\/div><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">07:00 &#8211; 20:00<\/b> | Chancellor&#8217;s Golf Day<br \/><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue:<\/b> Kimberley Golf Club<\/li><li data-ogsc=\"black\"><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">10:00 \u2013 18:00<\/b> | SPU Alumni Homecoming 2026<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Speaker: Prof Mantoa Motinyane<\/div><div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">Venue: <\/b>South Campus Multipurpose Hall<\/div><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Sol Plaatje Memorial Week affirms that Plaatje&#8217;s legacy is not confined to history but remains a living intellectual and civic resource through which contemporary questions of knowledge, justice, language, dignity and social responsibility can be examined anew.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f00aca4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f00aca4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad25ddb\" data-id=\"ad25ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc3e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bc3e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Sol Plaatje <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fc6a06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fc6a06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3425c1f\" data-id=\"3425c1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7269771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7269771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 \u2013 19 June 1932) was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. Plaatje was a founder member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which became the African National Congress (ANC). The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which includes the city of Kimberley, is named after him, as is the Sol Plaatje University in this city, which opened its doors in 2014.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf2f69 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6cf2f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a325e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a325e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/about-spu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote-1024x497.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8242\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote-360x175.png 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solplaatje-quote.png 1031w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fb0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"18fb0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2611\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2611\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Early life<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2611\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2611\"><p>Plaatje was born in Doornfontein near Boshof, Orange Free State (now Free State Province, South Africa), the sixth of eight sons. His grandfather\u2019s name was Selogilwe Mogodi but his employer nicknamed him Plaatje and the family started using this as a surname. His parents Johannes and Martha were members of the Tswana nation. They were Christians and worked for missionaries at mission stations in South Africa.<\/p><p>When Solomon was four, the family moved to Pniel near Kimberley in the Cape Colony to work for a German missionary, Ernst Westphal, and his wife Wilhelmine. There he received a mission-education. When he outpaced fellow learners he was given additional private tuition by Mrs Westphal, who also taught him to play the piano and violin and gave him singing lessons.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2612\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2612\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Career<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2612\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2612\"><p>After leaving school, he moved to Kimberley in 1894 where he became a telegraph messenger for the Post Office. He subsequently passed the clerical examination (the highest in the colony) with higher marks than any other candidate in Dutch and typing. At that time, the Cape Colony had qualified franchise for all men 21 or over, the qualification being that they be able to read and write English or Dutch and earn over 50 pounds a year. Thus, when he turned 21 in 1897, he was able to vote, a right he would later lose when British rule ended.<\/p><p><span style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">Shortly thereafter, he became a court interpreter for the British authorities during the Siege of Mafeking and kept a diary of his experiences which were published posthumously.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"show_more\" style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"><div class=\"wpsm-content\"><p>After the war, he was optimistic that the British would continue to grant qualified franchise to all males, but they gave political rights to whites only in the 1910 Union of South Africa. Plaatje criticised the British in an unpublished 1909 manuscript entitled \u201cSekgoma \u2013 the Black Dreyfus.\u201d<\/p><p>As an activist and politician he spent much of his life in the struggle for the enfranchisement and liberation of African people.<\/p><p>Plaatje became fluent in at least seven languages and translated works of William Shakespeare into Tswana. His talent for language would lead to a career in journalism and writing. He was editor and part-owner of\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Koranta ea Becoana<\/span>\u00a0(<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bechuana Gazette<\/span>) in Mafikeng, and in Kimberley\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tsala ea Becoana<\/span>\u00a0(<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bechuana Friend<\/span>) and\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tsala ea Batho<\/span>\u00a0(<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Friend of the People<\/span>).<\/p><p>Plaatje was the first black South African to write a novel in English \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mhudi<\/span>. He wrote the novel in 1919, but it was only published in 1930.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2613\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2613\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Personal life<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2613\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2613\"><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\">He was married to Elizabeth Lilith M\u2019belle, a union that would produce five children \u2013 Frederick, Halley, Richard, Violet and Olive.<\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\">He died of pneumonia at Pimville, Johannesburg on 19 June 1932 and was buried in Kimberley. Over a thousand people attended the funeral.<\/p><div class=\"show_more\" style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"><div class=\"wpsm-content\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2614\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2614\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Recognition<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2614\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2614\"><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\">Decades passed before Plaatje began to receive the recognition he deserved.<\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\">In the 1970s interest was stirred in Plaatje\u2019s journalistic and literary legacy through the work of John Comaroff (who edited for the publication of\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Boer War Diary of Sol T. Plaatje<\/span>, and by Tim Couzens and Stephen Gray (who focused attention on Sol Plaatje\u2019s novel,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mhudi.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\">Rapidly, his intellect and influence became widespread and respected. Among the many posthumous tributes to Plaatje are:<\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1978:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mhudi<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">\u00a0was re-published under the editorial guidance of Stephen Gray.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1982:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> Plaatje\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Native Life in South Africa: Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">\u00a0(1916) was re-published by Ravan Press.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1982:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> the African Writers Association instituted a Sol Plaatje Prose Award.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1984:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> Brian Willan published his biography,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist, 1876\u20131932<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1991:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> The Sol Plaatje Educational Trust and Museum, housed in Plaatje\u2019s Kimberley home at 32 Angel Street, was opened, actively furthering his written legacy.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1992:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> The house at 32 Angel Street in Kimberley, where Plaatje spent his last years, was declared a national monument (now a provincial heritage site). It continues as the Sol Plaatje Museum and Library, run by the Sol Plaatje Educational Trust, with donor funding.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1998:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> An honorary doctorate was posthumously conferred on Plaatje by the University of the North-West, with several of his descendants present.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">1998:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> Plaatje\u2019s grave in West End Cemetery, Kimberley, was declared a national monument (now a provincial heritage site).It was only the second grave in South African history to be awarded national monument status.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">2000:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> The Diamond Fields Advertiser launched the Sol T Plaatje Memorial Award to honour the top Setswana and top English matriculant each year in the Northern Cape.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">2000:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> The Department of Education building in Pretoria was renamed Sol Plaatje House, on 15 June 2000, \u201cin honour of this political giant and consummate educator.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">2000:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\"> The South African Post Office issued a series of stamps featuring writers of the Boer War, with Plaatje appearing on the 1.30 Rand stamp.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 21px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;\"><strong style=\"caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">2018:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a;\">\u00a0 Acclaimed historian Brian Willan released his fourth book on Sol Plaatje with a landmark launch at the University.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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