Essa Moosa

Essa Moosa (8 February 1936 – 26 February 2017) was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. During the apartheid era, he was active as a lawyer defending political detainees, and was a founding member of the anti-apartheid National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel).[1][2] In 2004 he was awarded the Order of the Disa by the Western Cape Province.[3] He died on February 26, 2017.[4]

References
  1. "Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies". IOL. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. Ryland, Fisher (26 February 2017). "Essa Moosa: The struggle lawyer who was 'everywhere'". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. "List of Honourees receiving Provincial Honours 2004" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies


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