Also, there he became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics; joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944.
Lapho, wazibandakanya kwipolitiki elwa nobumboni kanye nobuzwe base-Afrika, wajoyina i-ANC ngonyaka we-1943 futhi wabumba iNhlangano Yentsha yayo ngo-1944.