THE LIFE OF PADDY KEARNEY IN THE STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

A RADIO FEATURE ON PADDY KEARNEY BY SUBRY GOVENDER COMPILED IN SEPTEMBER 2009

(PADDY KEARNEY IN THE BACK ROW WITH MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVE CITIZENS MOVEMENT) One of the anti-apartheid activists who made a major contribution in the struggles for justice and freedom in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s is 74-year-old Paddy Kearney. As Director of the Diakonia Council of Churches, he worked very closely with leaders of the calibre of Archbishop Denis Hurley, Beyers Naude, Griffith Mxenge, Bishop Reuben Philip, Natal Indian Congress leader M J Naidoo and UDF leader Archie Gumede. He was involved in the Release Mandela Campaign, Detainees Support Committee, Natal Indian Congress, United Democratic Front and other anti-apartheid organisations. This radio feature was a special tribute to Paddy Kearney in 2009. He is now involved with the Active Citizens Movement.