A painter of figures,  landscapes and still life set in a rural and urban genre. Works in watercolour,  chalk and oil. One of the fathers of black South African art.

Studies :
1931 -University of Fort Hare,  watercolour classes
1937 - Rhodes University,  short course
1937 and 1947  - Scholarship Fort Hare African Trust
 
Exhibitions :
1979  - Contemporary African Art Exhibition in South Africa
1986 - Alliance Française,  Pretoria,  Perspective of black art in SA
He has participated in various exhibitions in South Africa.
1995 -First solo-exhibition at the Everard Read Gallery,  Johannesburg

Represented :
Johannesburg Art Museum
Pretoria Art Museum
Sandton Art Museum
South African National Art Museum, Cape Town
SANLAM Collection, Bellville
SASOL Collection, Johannesburg
University of Fort Hare Collection
Various private and corporate collections in South Africa an abroad.

Publications :
'George Pemba, against all odds' - S Hudleston