Clements Kadalie (Mbasa 1896 - 1951) wayengumholi wokuqala omnyama wenyonyana eNingizimu Afrika. UClement Kadalie uzalwe ngoMbasa ku1896 esiFundeni saseNkatha Bay edolobheni eliseChifira eduze nesiteyishini seBandawe esise Nyasaland. Beka yindondana yesibili ebantwaneni bakaMnu. noNkk. uMusa Kadalie Muwasa. UClement bekawumzukulu kaChiweyu obekayinkosi yamaTonga eNyasaland. Ufundiswe abafundisi abavela eScotland, ngo 1913 bekaqeda ukulolongelwa ukuba nguthisha ,uthole izindondo zakhe zokufunda eLivingstonia. Ufundise isikhathi esincane esikoleni sesisekelo ,uKadalie uhambe namaNyasa ukuyofuna umsebenzi eNingizimu Africa ngo1915. Ngo1918, uKadalie uyelewahlala eDolobheni elikhulu laseKapa .Wathola umngani onguArthur F.Batty obeka wumququzeli wezenyonyani nomshisimlilo wezepolotiki .UKadalie uqambe ikhampani i-Industrial and Commercial Union okuthiwa yi(ICU) eyashintsha emva kwesikhashana yabizwa ngokuthi yi- Industrial and Commercial workers Union of Africa, uyayivikela amalungelo wabaqashi nabasebenzi . Ngo1920 abantu baqala lapho ukwazi lubanzi nge ICU ukufika ngo1927, wonke umuntu bekafuna ukuzibona akuku ICU ngakho lokho yabayiyunya yabasebenzi abanengi .UKadalie uhlale kilekhampani yakhe i-ICU ukuqala ngo1919 ukufika ngo1929 lapho bekasengu mabhalane wesizwe . Ngo1919 uKadalie waziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuvikela imithwalo engekho emthethweni ehlangana nabasebenzi.