He attended a Methodist college at Healdtown and later Fort Hare University where he joined the African National CongressYouth League (ANCYL) in 1948.
U nghenele tidyondzo takwe tale henhla ekholechini ya Methodist le yinge Healdtown naswona endzaku aya nghena eYunivhesithi ya Fort Hare laha a tihlanganiseke na nhlangano ya vantshwa ya ANC (ANCYL) hilembe ra 1948 athlela a langhiwa kuva murhangeri wa machudeni eka (SRC).[2]