Christina Jasson

Born: 1928
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Trade unionist, SACTU member and 1956 Treason trialist

Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and canning workers, and textile workers, leading several strikes. Her daughter was born during the treason trial proceedings. She was acting secretary of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from 1954 to 1955. In 1956 she was a committee member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) National Conference.

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South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Christina Jasson. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0008201

South African History Online (2011) 'Christina Jasson', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0008201 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).

South African History Online, Christina Jasson [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0008201, (accessed 24 July 2026).

"Christina Jasson." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0008201. Accessed 24 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Christina Jasson." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0008201.