Jacqueline Arenstein
South African anti-apartheid activist
About Jacqueline Arenstein
Born 1921. Jacqueline Arenstein is a South African anti-apartheid activist.
Jacqueline Arenstein (born 6 June 1921) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from the age of 21, she was a defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial and repeatedly banned from the 1960s through to the 1980s. In 1984 she was appointed as a legal adviser to Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Life Arenstein is Jewish, and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils.
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South African anti-apartheid activist
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Jacqueline Arenstein was born on 6 June 1921.
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Jacqueline Arenstein is South African.
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