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Yusuf Dadoo

South African activist (1909-1983) · South Africa · On the map · Politicians · Died at 74

Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo OMSG was a South African Communist and an anti-apartheid activist. During his life, he was chair of both the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party, as well as being a major proponent of co-operation between those organisations and the African National Congress.

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2003Order for Meritorious ServiceAward1983Died19 September 19831979Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1955Isitwalandwe MedalAward1909Born5 September 1909

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Awards

Order for Meritorious Service2003
Order of Friendship of Peoples1979
Isitwalandwe Medal1955

About this person

He was a leader of the Defiance Campaign and a defendant at the Treason Trial in 1956. His last days were spent in exile in London, where he is buried at Highgate Cemetery; a few metres away from the Tomb of Karl Marx.

Country
South Africa
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1983 · aged 74