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… Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed … to three months with hard labour for this act of defiance. Asvat was released from prison on 19 January 1910. His weight … Dr. Yusuf Dadoo as secretary. Both his daughters, Zainab Asvat and Amina Cachalia were active in the South African …

… Zainab Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. … were eighteen resisters, six of whom were women: Zainab Asvat, Zohra Bhayat, Amina Pahad, Zubeida Patel of … Zainab Ebrahim Asvat …

… restore the dignity of destitute people’  (Prayer for Dr. Asvat, 2010). Childhood and Schooling On 23 February 1943, Abu Baker Asvat was born in Vrededorp(Fietas), South Africa.He spent … from Gujarat. Though born to a family of merchants, Asvat’s father strongly encouraged Abu and his brothers, …

… POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and … 1988 to take up his scholarships. From 1971 to 1995 Farouk Asvat received numerous death threats from both the Security … of poems crackles with a passionate consuming pace ..." Z B Molefe, arts editor, City Press " "The Time of Our Lives" …

… Amina Cachalia (née Asvat) was born on 28 June 1930, Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven …

… Dangor, together with other radical youth such as  Farouk Asvat  and  Chris van Wyk , joined “Black Thoughts” a … Voices  (1992) Novels: Waiting for Leila  (1981) The Z Town Trilogy  (1990)   Kafka's Curse  (1997) Bitter Fruit …

… by other TIC activists such as Dr Vallabh Jaga,  Dr Zainab Asvat  and Dr Abdulhaq Patel, Mosie was recruited into the … accused, especially  Mrs Thayanagie Pillay  and Dr Zainab Asvat. Mosie was one of thirty - including  Nelson Mandela ,  …

… retired from the Council of Nurses to work with Dr Abu Asvat who worked from a mobile clinic (housed in a caravan) in Rockville Soweto. Dr Asvat was politically aligned with AZAPO (Azanian People’s … their different political persuasions Albertina and Dr Asvat worked in perfect harmony as both were passionate about …

… march  to the  Union Buildings  in Pretoria led by  Zainab Asvat  against the Group Areas Act and the establishment of …

… prior to his murder and Winnie’s old friend, Dr Abu-Baker Asvat had seen him for the injuries he sustained. Dr Asvat reported that Stompie was vomiting and could not eat … implicated. Photographer Gille de Vlieg On 27 January, Dr Asvat himself was murdered by two young men posing as …

… two after his release, Joe Variawa and Abunaker (Hurley) Asvat visited him with some AZAPO comrades. He was told about …

… history and politics, especially through the Abubaker Asvat Institute, based in Lenasia. …

… held in Johannesburg for him and his co-accused, Zainab Asvat , a few days later. Dadoo addressed a large crowd at … re-elected President and for the first time women, Zainab Asvat, Mrs Suriakala Patel and Mrs P.K. Naidoo were elected …