M. J. Naidoo
Mooroogiah Jayarajapathy Naidoo (1931–1997) was a South African Indian political activist and lawyer who was the president of the Natal Indian Congress.[1][2] He was a member of the Durban Six and a defendant in the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial.[3][4] He died in 1997, aged 66.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Naidoo's brother, M. D. Naidoo, was also a prominent activist, and his sister Tim Naidoo married Mac Maharaj in 1958.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Vahed, Goolam; Desai, Ashwin (2 January 2014). "A case of 'strategic ethnicity'? The Natal Indian Congress in the 1970s". African Historical Review. 46 (1): 22–47. doi:10.1080/17532523.2014.911436. ISSN 1753-2523. S2CID 143932497.
- ^ Desai, Ashwin; Vahed, Goolam (2 January 2015). "The Natal Indian Congress, the Mass Democratic Movement and the Struggle to Defeat Apartheid: 1980–1994". Politikon. 42 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1080/02589346.2015.1005788. ISSN 0258-9346. S2CID 5688404.
- ^ Riveles, Susanne (1989). "Diplomatic Asylum as a Human Right: The Case of the Durban Six". Human Rights Quarterly. 11 (1): 139–159. doi:10.2307/761937. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 761937.
- ^ "South Africa Clears 12 of Treason: Charges Against Most Prominent Foes of Apartheid Dropped". Los Angeles Times. 9 December 1985. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Farewell to saints, sinners and Diana". The Mail & Guardian. 23 December 1997. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Vahed, Goolam (5 February 2015). "Women and national liberation in South Africa: an oral history perspective". South Asian Diaspora. 7 (2): 129–147. doi:10.1080/19438192.2015.1007635. ISSN 1943-8192.