This Day in History: January 30, 1953
Additional Date: January 30, 1953
Socialist and labour activist Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs left South Africa to settle in England on this date. He stated that his position in South Africa had become untenable. This move followed after two notices in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on two occasions during the same month. He was sentenced to six months' forced labour, suspended for two years, on both charges. Sachs continued his opposition to the South African government in England.
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