Jacqueline Arenstein

Jacqueline Arenstein
Born(1921-06-06)6 June 1921

Jacqueline Arenstein (born 6 June 1921) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from the age of 21, she was a defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial and repeatedly banned from the 1960s through to the 1980s. In 1984 she was appointed as a legal adviser to Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Life

Arenstein is Jewish, and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils.

References

  1. โ†‘ "Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein". South African History Online. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. โ†‘ Shimoni, Gideon (1980). Jews and Zionism: the South African experience (1910-1967). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
  3. โ†‘ Barnett, Marcus (11 March 2017). "Sabotaging Apartheid: Interview with Ronnie Kasrils". Jacobin. Retrieved 30 April 2019.