Phyllis Altman

Phyllis Altman (25 September 1919 – 18 September 1999) was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Altman was an employee of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). She was also the general secretary of the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF), and a fiction writer.

Biography Phyllis Miriam Altman (née Sachs), was the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish émigrés, Morris and Beile Sachs. Altman, like other girls at her high school, sewed "for the poor Blacks" on Thursdays. The book was based on her experience working with the Springbok Legion. She was very secretive about the system, using a secret code with her contacts and a system that was difficult to crack. Come Back, Africa! Fourteen Short Stories from South Africa (1968)