Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm

Origin date: 10 December 2019
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Ben Turok, sole surviving member of the 1960s Communist Party underground leadership, author of the ‘economic clause’ in the Freedom Charter, champion of the RDP and one of the most consistent and outspoken intellectuals, and critics, of the ANC, died in Cape Town on 9 December 2019 at the age of 92.

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01Thamm, M. (2019). Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats from Daily Maverick online, 10 December 2019. Available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-12-10-ben-turok-rebel-revolutionary-thinker-truth-teller-one-of-the-last-of-the-struggle-greats/ . Accessed on 10 December 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, December 10). Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149807

South African History Online (2019) 'Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm ', South African History Online, 10 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149807 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

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"Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm ." South African History Online, 10 Dec. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149807. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Ben Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm ." South African History Online. December 10, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149807.