Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg

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Liliesleaf Farm is the location where prominent leaders of the opposition to South Africa's Apartheid Government used to attend meetings in order to plan their resistance. Today visitors can visit the Farm and learn about the fascinating History. The story of Liliesleaf Farm is one of incredible strength, power, passion and struggle. Liliesleaf Farm is situated in Rivonia off of George Avenue. The Farm is the location where prominent resistance leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Joe Slovo and Ahmed Kathrada used to meet, and seek shelter during the Apartheid years.

Faith Gasa

Faith Gasa was born on 1 January 1945 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). She graduated  with a diploma in nursing in 1967. Gasa attained a Bachelor of Arts scholarship to study at the University of Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and Afrikaans in 1972.

Quanza Shipwreck, East London

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The Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 5 am! She struck the rocks just East of the Orient Beach -- close to today's Wimpy on the Esplanade. No lives were lost! The Quanza was at anchor, where it was thought too be sheltered, loading a cargo of about 3,000 bales of wool destined for London. She was almost ready to sail when she was struck by a heavy South-East gale. Her anchors dragged -- and soon she was on the rocks.

Grootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg

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Grootvadersbosch Farm offers a comfortable guest house named; 'Snelsetter', built in 1735, this Historic Homestead is largely maintained in its original state. The Farm offers a great opportunity for visitors to see agriculture and nature working side by side. Grootvadersbosch Farm is the Heidelberg district, about 250 km from Cape Town. This Farm is one of South Africa's Historic treasures. The Homestead was built in 1735 and 6 generations of the Moodie family have lived here since 1818. Keith and Michele Moodie will welcome you to their dairy Farm!

Rebecca Lan

Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who arrived in South Africa in 1928. They had been involved in left-wing political groups in Lithuania, and Rebecca grew up hearing much political discussion at home. Her parents ran a second-hand furniture shop.

The Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)

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THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were vague stories, but no hard facts. No former member of the groups wrote about his experiences, and there was a silence that was so extensive that some comrades' names could not be mentioned. I learnt in the 1940s that there had been a one-time nun in the leadership of the Workers Party of South Africa. But no details were available, even though she had died (as I later found) in 1942.

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Ashlatha Rambally

Ashlatha Moodley (nèe Rambally) was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso. After completing her matric in 1964, she moved to Durban and attended the University College for Indians at Salisbury Island (later renamed in 1972 as the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) – now known as University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) where she graduated with a BA degree, majoring in English and Psychology, and became a qualified teacher.

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