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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Capetown, South Africa, Alpheus Afanamuni Hdlovu, son of a Zulu laborer, becomes the first native admitted to practice law, taking the oath as a Supreme Court advocate amid a crowded courtroom ceremony.
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South Africa: The first native to be admitted to practice law in South Africa took the oath and became an advocate of the Supreme Court. He is Alpheus Afanamuni Ndlovu, the son of a Zulu laborer, who never went to school. The small court where the vacation sittings of the Supreme Court were held was crowded with interested spectators as the application for Mr. Ndlovu's admission was made to Justice de Villiers by D. M. Buchanan, Chancellor of the University, who is shown capping the first native attorney (Keystone Photo).
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Capetown, South Africa
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alpheus afanamuni hdlovu became the first native admitted to practice law in south africa as an advocate of the supreme court.
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The first native to be admitted to practice law in South Africa, Alpheus Afanamuni Hdlovu, son of a Zulu laborer who never went to school, took the oath and became an advocate of the Supreme Court. The small court for vacation sittings was crowded with spectators as the application for his admission was made to Justice de Villiers by D. M. Buchanan, Chancellor of the University.