Abstract
James April, from Cape Town, became active in the Coloured People’s Congress in 1961. April underwent a brief spell of military training at Mamre in 1962, and was detained, together with Basil February in 1962 for painting political slogans, and re-detained and charged for attending the Mamre training camp in 1963. He subsequently left the country with February for military training. April participated in the Wankie campaign.