MRS ALIMAL COOPER - REMEMBERING A SECOND GENERATION DESCENDANT OF INDENTURED LABOURERS WHO PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FIELDS IN SOUTH AFRICA
INTRO: In this month of August in 2019 when we in South Africa celebrate the lives of women, I bring you the life of a second generation descendant of indentured labourers, Mrs Alimal Ramalinga Cooper. Mrs Cooper, who died six years ago at the age of 83 on October 10 2013, was one of South Africa's most independent-minded Indian-origin women leaders. Mrs Cooper, who was born in the port city of Durban, came under the close scrutiny and victimisation of the former apartheid regime in the 1980s when her sons, Saths and Revabalan Cooper, were detained, arrested, charged and imprisoned for their involvement in the black consciousness struggles. I had the privilege of talking to Mrs Cooper about her life and struggles at her home in Durban in early 2 000. I compiled this radio documentary soon after her demise in October 2013 as a tribute to Mrs Cooper.
A fitting tribute to a great mother and teacher. We both served on the executive of the Teachers Association of South Africa when the late Pat Samuels was President. We promoted the transition from TASA to SADTU. Guru Kistnasamy.
A fitting tribute to a great mother and teacher. We both served on the executive of the Teachers Association of South Africa when the late Pat Samuels was President. We promoted the transition from TASA to SADTU. Guru Kistnasamy.
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