Hanif Bhamjee: Tributes as anti-apartheid campaigner dies

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Tributes paid to anti-apartheid campaigner Hanif Bhamjee

For decades Mr Bhamjee ran the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement from his home, with the help of volunteers.

That organisation, succeeded by Action for South Africa Wales, campaigned vigorously for an end to racism, colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. "In the 80s he obtained political asylum in the UK because he could not go back to South Africa," Mr Antoniw said. Shavanah Taj, general secretary of Wales TUC, said he had been "very active in Welsh Labour politics".Mr Bhamjee was the secretary of Action for Southern Africa, formerly the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement, and knew Nelson Mandela from the age of 15.A guest when Mandela visited Wales, Mr Bhamjee said at the time: "Nelson Mandela has a special place in the hearts of Welsh people.

Mr Bhamjee was later awarded an OBE for race relations in recognition of his life-long fight against apartheid.

 

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