Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South African freedom fighter

By Saleem Badat, Research Professor, UFS History Department, University of the Free State
Vasu Reddy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Internationalisation, University of the Free State

Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique in 1982.

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