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… Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the   Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC), which was … affiliate of the Congress Alliance in the 1950s. In 1958 Jassat was arrested with twenty-eight other members of the … Abdulhay Jassat …

… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October … Both of his parents came from India. His mother, Khadija Jassat (nee Haffajee), was born in Bardoli and his father, … Jassat, came from Takoli. His father was at various times a hawker and a shopkeeper.Dr Jassat matriculated from the …

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… Babla was compelled to leave home in order to gain a basic education. After completing his education he worked … Club, along with Ahmed Kathrada , Mosie Moolla , Abdulhay Jassat and Farid Adam spending many nights painting political … For instance he assisted his close friends Abdulhay Jassat and Mosie Moolla in successfully leaving the country …

… Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was … Subsequently, the police detained Chiba and Abdulhay Jassat . Finally, charges against Chiba and Jassat were withdrawn due to a lack of evidence. However, … Vadi I.  Reggie Vandeyar - Portrait of a Revolutionary  - Lives of Courage Project - Ahmed Kathrada …

… known as the Rivonia trialists. Her brother, James Kantor a lawyer, was later also arrested but acquitted in the … , along with Arthur Goldreich , Mosie Moolla and Abdulhay Jassat . She smuggled tungsten blades in bread and other … three others – Arthur Goldreich, Mosie Moolla and Abdulhay Jassat. The sensational prison break from Marshall Square has …

… headmaster announced that students would be learning a foreign language, German. The implication was clear, many … teacher distributed the German "textbook", Goldreich a Jewish boy found himself staring at a Hitler Youth … along with Harold Wolpe, Mosie Moolla and Abdulhay Jassat escaped from custody at Marshall Square Police Station …

… 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by  Nelson Mandela  and  Walter Sisulu . It was a play on his surname and a reference to his slight physique … to facilitate the escape of Mosie Moolla, Abdulhay Jassat , Wolpe and  Arthur Goldreich . Shirish Nanabhai …

… activists. After his father died, Moonsamy went to work as a bellboy to help support a family of eleven siblings at the age of fourteen. Moonsammy … part of the support network for MK cadres. When  Abdulhay Jassat  and  Mosie Moolla  escaped from Marshall Square, by …

… A tireless advocate for justice and equality in South Africa, … in Cape Town , Cape Province (now Western Cape) in 1903 on a ‘poor ship’ from Lithuania, escaping the Russian pogrom … detainees – Moosa Moolla , Harold Wolpe , Charlie Jassat, and Arthur Goldreich – from Marshall Square Police …

… Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952 from the … top ANC leaders. Wolpe, Arthur Goldreich , Abdulhay Jassat and Mosie Moolla escaped from a Johannesburg jail by …

… Indrasena (Indres) Elatchininathan Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of his father Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a leading political activist, in 1953. Indres was an active … two of his other comrades were also arrested Abdullay Jassat and Laloo Chiba . Indres and his friends were among …

… Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was … Goldreich , Harold Wolpe , Mosie Moolla and Abdulhay Jassat from Marshall Square prison in 1963. Following three …

… town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export business. The family was forced to relocate to Bloemhof, a nearby town, following the Great Depression of the 1930s. … later escaped from the police station along with  Abdulhay Jassat , Harold Wolpe and  Arthur Goldreich . Mosie then left …

… of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede  a former ANC president. He attended various primary schools … of Fort Hare) at Alice, in the Eastern Cape, for a medical aid course, but dropped out after two years. During … of the eight accused (Gumede, Mokoena, Nkondo, Ramgobin, Jassat, David, Naidoo, and Sewpershad) was refused. When the …

… all in Gauteng (formerly the Transvaal). He then completed a two year Primary School Diploma at the then Transvaal … completed that in 1981. In 1986, Waghmarae completed his B.A.degree, majoring in Education and History and successfully … Dr. Ismail Cachalia, Amin Kajee, Peppy Rawat, Dr. Abdulhay Jassat , Cassim Saloojee , the Naidoo family ( where I met …