Denis Goldberg died in Cape Town on 29 April. Denis was arrested in 1963 with Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders and spent 22 years in prison in Pretoria. On his release in 1985 he was forced to leave South Africa and came to London. He continued his fight against apartheid in exile, working in the ANC and the Anti-Apartheid Movement. After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994 Denis set up Community Heart and carried on working for an end to poverty and greater equality in the new South Africa. In an interview for Channel 4 he said he had never regretted a day of his life in struggle. You can read his interview here.
