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Anti-apartheid activist Barney Desai (1932-1997), circa 1961. Desai succeeded James La Guma as president of South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC) in 1961 and participated in planning for the Malmesbury Convention. Elected in 1962 to replace George Peake as city councilor for Cape Town District Six, he was prevented from taking up the position because he was a banned person.He was a member of underground Communist Party and the Western Cape regional structure of Umkhonto WeSizwe. Desai was the Vice President of the South African Coloured People's Congress before leaving South Africa in the early 1960s. He settled with his family in Britain and qualified as a barrister in 1970,specializing in the defense of blacks in criminal cases. Image Source: Drum Social Histories

HistorySAZAR's tweet photo. Anti-apartheid activist Barney Desai (1932-1997), circa 1961. Desai succeeded James La Guma as president of South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC) in 1961 and participated in planning for the Malmesbury Convention. Elected in 1962 to replace George Peake as city councilor for Cape Town District Six, he was prevented from taking up the position because he was a banned person.He was a member of underground Communist Party and the Western Cape regional structure of Umkhonto WeSizwe. Desai was the Vice President of the South African Coloured People's Congress before leaving South Africa in the early 1960s. He settled with his family in Britain and qualified as a barrister in 1970,specializing in the defense of blacks in criminal cases. Image Source: Drum Social Histories

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Anti-apartheid activist Barney Desai (1932-1997), circa 1961. Desai succeeded James La Guma as president of South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC) in 1961 and participated in planning for the Malmesbury Convention. Elected in 1962 to replace George Peake as city councilor for Cape Town District Six, he was prevented from taking up the position because he was a banned person.He was a member of underground Communist Party and the Western Cape regional structure of Umkhonto WeSizwe. Desai was the Vice President of the South African Coloured People's Congress before leaving South Africa in the early 1960s. He settled with his family in Britain and qualified as a barrister in 1970,specializing in the defense of blacks in criminal cases. Image Source: Drum Social Histories

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