Kesval "Kay" Moonsamy
Names: Moonsamy, Kesval "Kay"
Born: 1926
In summary: Member of the Natal Indian Congress, South African Congress of Trade Unions and the African National Congress and SACP, defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial
Born in 1926, he was active in the Natal Indian Congress from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as treasure of the NIC, and in 1955 he was elected its vice-president. He was a defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until charges were withdrawn against him a year later. In the 1960s he fled South Africa and later worked in Zambia with the South African Congress of Trade Unions and the African National Congress. He returned to South Africa and is currently an ANC Member of the National Assembly.
