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{{Infobox person

| name = Michael Nyakane Tsolo

| image =

| caption = The Ancient Greek philosopher

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|07|24}}

| birth_place = Kroonstad

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|11||1939|07|24|df=y}}

| death_place =

| death_cause = Stroke

| occupation = Anti-apartheid activist

| spouse = Gladys Qabukile Nzimande-Tsolo

| parents = Lisebo Tsolo, Philemon Thokoane Tsolo

| children = Julia Tebogo, Zakhele Liholo

}}

Michael Nyakane Ramabele Tsolo (24 July 1939, Kroonstad – November 2002) {{Cite web |last=Natasha |date=2021-03-24 |title=Remembering forgotten hero, Nyakane Tsolo from the Sharpeville Massacre |url=https://www.kaya959.co.za/remembering-forgotten-hero-nyakane-tsolo-from-the-sharpeville-massacre/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=KAYA 959 |language=en-ZA}} was and anti-apartheid activist, and leader of the Sharpeville branch of the Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa. He and his brother Job Tsolo, led the anti-pass protest to the Sharpeville police station in 21 March 1960, which culminated in the Sharpeville massacre when police opened fire on the crowd. {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ5n_E8A-SY |title=Human Rights Day {{!}} Remembering Nyakane Tsolo, the Sharpeville 1960 march leader |date=2020-03-21 |last=SABC News |access-date=2025-04-22 |via=YouTube}} {{Cite journal |last=Forsee |first=Jessica |date=2019-04-11 |title=Genocide Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising |url=https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/415/ |journal=Honors College Theses}}

Tsolo died of stroke in 2002. His political legacy is less known than that of his contemporary PAC leaders, Robert Sobukwe and Philip Kgosana

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