Joe Slovo

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Joe Slovo (May 23 1926 - January 6 1995) was a South African Communist politician and long time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress. He was born in Obeliai, Lithuania to a Jewish family who emigrated to South Africa when he was eight. His full name was Yossel Mashel Slovo. His father worked as a truck driver in Johannesburg. Slovo left school in 1941 and found work as a dispatch clerk. Wikipedia

Born:
May 23, 1926
Died:
January 6, 1995

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  • Wikipedia

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  • AfricaFiles | Joe Slovo:...

    There will no doubt be formal biographies that extol Joe's extensive theoretical and practical contribution to South Africa's liberation.
    www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=3957
  • Joe SLOVO

    Joe Slovo died on 6 January 1995. At the time of his death he held the following positions:
    www.anc.org.za/people/slovo.html
  • Joe Slovo

    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,
    www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/slovo,j.htm