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Death of an Idealist: In Search of Neil Aggett Book
Death of an Idealist is the story behind the only white detainee to die in the custody of South Africa's apartheid's security police. A medical doctor who worked most of the week as an unpaid trade union organiser, Neil Aggett's stark non-materialism, shared by his partner Dr Elizabeth Floyd, raised police suspicions. They were among a swathe of union activists detained in 1981 when their names appeared on a list of 'Close Comrades' prepared for ANC leaders in exile. Naidoo explores the metamorphosis of a high-achieving, sports-loving white schoolboy into the 28-year-old whose coffin was followed through Johannesburg by thousands of workers. The extraordinary funeral and the preceding national work stoppage were a watershed for trade union unity. First-hand interviews reveal the fraught, … read more...
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