Amina Cachalia, Veteran of South Africa’s Freedom Struggle, Dies at 82
Amina Cachalia, who’s died in Johannesberg at the age of 82, was a veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid.
Cachalia, an Indian South African, was a close friend to Nelson Mandela for more than sixty years.
Just as my father used to say, if you don’t fight injustice it’s like death, in a sense. You accept death. — Amina Cachalia
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