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Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho

Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho

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30 Sep 2019
Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho

Phyllis Naidoo Image source

When her underground cell was arrested and detained, Phyllis Naidoo escaped to Lesotho along a new route established by Omar Badsha, Richard (Rick) Turner and others. In Lesotho she joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was involved in providing for children who had left South Africa, assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape from South Africa, and supporting them in Lesotho. She returned to South Africa in 1990.

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  1. 01KZN Literacy Tourism, 'Phyllis Naidoo’,From:KZN Literacy Tourism,[online], Available at www.literarytourism.co.za,[Accessed: 9 July 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012319

South African History Online (2011) 'Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012319 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012319, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012319. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Phyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012319.

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