Ebrahim Ebrahim
South African anti-apartheid activist (1937–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim OLG (1 July 1937 – 6 December 2021) was a South African anti-apartheid activist of Indian origin who was a member of the African National Congress's armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe. He was tried in the Pietermaritzburg sabotage trials of 1963 and was sentenced to a 15-year imprisonment at the Robben Island Maximum Security Prison.
Quick Facts Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, President ...
Ebrahim Ebrahim | |
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Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |
In office 11 May 2009 – 25 May 2014 | |
President | Jacob Zuma |
Preceded by | Aziz Pahad |
Succeeded by | Nomaindia Mfeketo |
Personal details | |
Born | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (1937-07-01)1 July 1937 Durban, South Africa |
Died | (2021-12-06)6 December 2021 (aged 84) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse |
Shannon Ebrahim (née Field)
(m. 2000) |
Relations | Gora Ebrahim (brother) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of South Africa (BA, BCom) |
Occupation | Anti-apartheid activist, lawmaker |
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Popularly known as Ebie, he served as a lawmaker in the first democratically elected government of South Africa in 1994 and also served as the country's deputy minister for international relations between 2009 and 2014.