Paul Trewhela
Paul Trewhela (1941 - ), South African journalist,[1] communist[2] and political prisoner.[3]
Biography
Trewhela was born in Johannesburg in 1941, educated at Michaelhouse in KwaZulu-Natal. Trewhela worked in underground journalism with Ruth First and edited the underground journal of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Freedom Fighter, during the Rivonia Trial. He was a political prisoner in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Fort as a member of the South African Communist Party in 1964 – 1967, separating from the SACP while in prison. In exile in Britain he was co-editor with the late Baruch Hirson of Searchlight South Africa, which was banned in South Africa.
Honours
In 2007 he received the St Michael Award from his alma-mater, Michaelhouse[4]
Publications
- "Chapter 8 The Problem of Communism in Southern Africa". Inside Quatro: Uncovering the Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO. Jacana Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-77009-776-6.
- Inside Quatro: Uncovering the Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO. Jacana Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-77009-776-6.
- "Swapo and the churches: an international scandal" (PDF). Searchlight South Africa. 2 (3): 65–88. 1991.
- Yengeni, Schreiner and the Ethics of the ANC. 2008.
See also
See also: Baruch Hirson
Notes and references
- ↑ Pogrund 2000, p. 133-.
- ↑ Clingman 2011, p. 337–.
- ↑ Anon 1975.
- ↑ St Michael's Awardees
- Pogrund, Benjamin (2000). War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-888363-71-5.
- Clingman, Stephen (15 September 2011). Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary. International Pub Marketing. ISBN 978-0-86486-677-6.
- Anon (1975). "Torture in South Africa". Transition (Oct., 1975 - Mar., 1976 ed.). Indiana University Press (50): 52–57. JSTOR 2935000.
Further reading
- Simpson, Thula (2011). "The Expanding Horizons of Liberation Struggle History". African Historical Review. 43 (1): 100–115. doi:10.1080/17532523.2011.630453. ISSN 1753-2523.
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