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… Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine … she converted to Islam and took the name Amina. Fatima Meer's father, Moosa, was born in Surat, Gujarat and came …

… Ismail Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small … an early age when his father’s business collapsed in 1930. Meer  moved to Durban to work for an older brother who made … to attend school,graduating from Sastri College in 1939. Meer studied Law at the University of the Witwatersrand which …

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… Liberal Studies Group (LSG) and joined  members such as IC Meer , Dawood Seedat and Dr Monty Naicker . The LSG’s … ””who are walking the streets.” Amra, Dawood Seedat and lC Meer even shared the stage with future Indian Prime Minister … The meeting was held at the Avalon Cinema on 2 April 1941. Meer, Amra and Seedat made impassioned anti-war speeches. …

… Gujarati/English newspaper, Indian Views, which Moosa Meer, father of Professor Fatima Meer , was the editor. In 1954, Mayat became a founding … stayed over at their home), as well as with Ismail Meer and his wife Fatima. When the Meers were under security …

… and friend of  Nelson Mandela ,  Ruth First , I. C. Meer, and other student radicals. He joined the  Communist …

… community leader in Natal in later years.  Ismail Meer  wrote in his memoirs: “I remember Shapurji Randeria as …

… Jaga’s friends.  Some of them, such as Ismail and Fatima Meer , Dr. Farouk Meer, Judge Thumba Pillay, Judge Hassen Mall, N.G. Moodley, … his anger against Apartheid into organised action. Ismail Meer phoned his Uncle, Dr. Jaga, to inform him that his wife …

… Branch working under the Chairperson, Ismail Chota (IC) Meer .  As a branch representative of the ANC Western Areas … press. His photographs were published in Fatima Meer's , Factory and Family: The Divided Lives of South …

… cell as with the likes of  Winnie Mandela  and  Fatima Meer , company that made her even more committed that she …

… African Gandhi 1893-1914 , edited by Professor Fatima Meer , and wrote a series of articles on Mohandas Karamchand …

… a group of politically conscious people like Fatima Meer and Ismail Meer , and others backed an initiative by the Union Artists …

… Amra , A.K.M. Docrat , P.M. Harry, Wilson Cele, I.C. Meer and others founded the Liberal Study Group (LSG) in 1937 … in the city. H.A.Naidoo was its political editor, I.C. Meer the overall supervisor, and Dawood Seedat the …

… Dawood Seedat,  M.P. Naicker , George Singh, I.C. Meer and other members that became known as the Ginger …

… She was detained together with Winnie Mandela and Fatima Meer , and her daughter Cecelia Palmer. They were held at the …

… to Pretoria, along with Yunus Mahomed and Farouk Meer, both fellow political activists in Durban.  He was …

… Pather, Miss Khatija Mayet, Dr K. Goonam and Miss Zohra Meer. In July, Zainab led a batch of resistors, was arrested, …

… with academics at the university, people such as Fatima Meer , Lawrence Schlemmer and Eddie Webster. In 1970, Turner … marriage was conducted at the home of Fatima and Ismail Meer , the imam being the only cleric prepared to marry the … Rick Turner's funeral service, Durban Turner like Fatima Meer, Schlemmer and other white and black academics and …

… police.He also worked closely with Professor Fatima Meer (now late) on various projects.In 1985 Kearney was …

… at the Umbilo Police Station with Rabi Bugwandeen, Farouk Meer and Thumba Pillay. They were held in single cells for …

… In the early 90’s he was invited by Prof Fatima Meer to join the board of the Phambile High School in Durban …

… could serve in the Natal Provincial Council. Dadoo, I.C. Meer , J.N. Singh and Transvaal Indian Congress Youth (TIYC) … One person close to them during their time in India, Unus Meer, recollected how he, “never saw two people become so … to the Nationalist Party (NP) and their leader, Dr. D F Malan . The hands of the Malan government are stained with …

… Natal and South African Indian Congress ), and  Ismail Meer  (a former secretary-general of the South African Indian …

… a freelance photographer. Early in 1977, Professor Fatima Meer , a banned activist and academic, approached Badsha to …

… (ANC)  leaders, Walter Sisulu , Nelson Mandela , I.C. Meer and J.N. Singh.  At the age of 17, he left school to …

… such as on education and on the Phoenix Settlement. I.C Meer worked with PR on these issues right up until PR's death …

… Andrew Lukhele (later attorney), Victor Sondlo, Fathima Meer (later Natal Indian Congress and Professor), Dr Seymour …