Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows

Updated: 16 Jul 2020

Sadhan and his cows - Lusaka, Zambia — Collection: Phyllis Naidoo Collection, Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Sadhan Naidoo was manager of a farm operated by the African National Congress (ANC) in Zambia operated to help support ANC members in exile there. On April 15, 1989, he was assassinated by a South African agent who infiltrated the ANC. Sadhan's mother was Phyllis Naidoo, who also was forced into exile. His father was M.D. Naidoo, who spent five-and-a-half years on Robben Island and then lived in London.

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South African History Online. (2014, September 2). Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098258

South African History Online (2014) 'Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098258 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098258, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098258. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows." South African History Online. September 2, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098258.

Sadhan Naidoo and His Cows

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