OUR RICH HISTORY – YUNUS MAHOMED (JANUARY 10 2008)

OUR RICH HISTORY – YUNUS MAHOMED (JANUARY 10 2008) ANOTHER STRUGGLE STALWART WHO MADE AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE REALISATION OF OUR NON-RACIAL AND DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA IS YUNUS MAHOMED. MAHOMED, WHO WAS BORN IN JOHANNESBURG ON 30 DECEMBER 1950, WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT(UDF) AND THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS(NIC) DURING THE HEY DAY OF THE STRUGGLES IN 1970S, 1980S AND EARLY 1990s. AFTER THE ANC AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WERE UNBANNED IN FEBRUARY 1990, MAHOMED PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE ANC AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY(SACP). AFTER THE NEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAY 1994 AFTER THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS OF APRIL 27 1994, MAHOMED WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVISTS WHO TOOK A DELIBERATE DECISION TO STEP ASIDE FROM ESTABLISHMENT POLITICS. HE DIED SUDDENLY ON AT HIS HOME IN DURBAN ON THE 6TH JANUARY 2008. IN THIS SPECIAL REPORT, SUBRY GOVENDER, PAID THIS TRIBUTE IN HIS “OUR RICH HISTORY” SERIES SOON AFTER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH: