Jacqueline Arenstein Explained

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.^[1] In 1984 she was appointed as a legal adviser to Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Life

Arenstein is Jewish,^[2] and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein . South African History Online . 30 April 2019.
2. Book: Shimoni, Gideon. Jews and Zionism: the South African experience (1910-1967). Oxford University Press. 1980. Cape Town.
3. Web site: Barnett. Marcus. 11 March 2017. Sabotaging Apartheid: Interview with Ronnie Kasrils. 30 April 2019. Jacobin.