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Joe Slovo (born Yossel Mashel Slovo; 23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, and an opponent of the apartheid system. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party (SACP), a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing ...
Jan 6, 1995 · Slovo was an active member of the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) from the 1940s and, after becoming an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar, became well known for his work as a defence lawyer in political trials. He married Ruth First, daughter of SACP treasurer Julius First, in 1949.
Jun 18, 2018 · Joe Slovo, activist, was a founder of the armed wing of the ANC, and general secretary of the South African Communist Party during the 1980s.
Jun 8, 2015 · History of Joe Slovo. Born Yossel Mashel Slovo to Jewish parents in Lithuania in 1926, Joe Slovo came to South Africa in 1934 at the age of eight when his family emigrated to escape the anti-Semitism then rampant in Europe.
Jan 6, 1995 · Joe Slovo, the Communist intellectual widely credited with being a mastermind of South Africa's national reconciliation, died early today, his spokesman, Stephen Laufer, announced. He was...
Jan 7, 1995 · Joe Slovo, the Communist intellectual widely credited with being a mastermind of South Africa's national reconciliation, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer of the bone marrow....
Jan 6, 1995 · Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long battle with cancer of the bone marrow. He was a long- time National Chairperson of the South African Communist Party.
Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies for the white police state. Together they were swept up in the growing resistance to apartheid, and together they experienced repression and exile.
Jan 6, 1995 · Joe Slovo. (May 23, 1926 - January 6, 1995) Joe Slovo was born in Lithuania in 1926 and moved to South Africa with his parents at the age nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg, and Slovo worked as a dispatch clerk for a chemist while studying law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated with BA and LLB degrees.
Jan 6, 1995 · Joe Slovo, the firebrand Communist Party chief and defiant guerrilla commander who later became a guiding force for moderation and multiracial democracy in South Africa, died today after a...
