Jacqueline Arenstein

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein (born 6 June 1921) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from the age of 21, she was a defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial and repeatedly banned from the 1960s through to the 1980s.[1] In 1984 she was appointed as a legal adviser to Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Jacqueline Arenstein
Born(1921-06-06)June 6, 1921

Life

Arenstein is Jewish,[2] and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils.[3]

References
  1. "Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein". South African History Online. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. Shimoni, Gideon (1980). Jews and Zionism: the South African experience (1910-1967). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
  3. Barnett, Marcus (11 March 2017). "Sabotaging Apartheid: Interview with Ronnie Kasrils". Jacobin. Retrieved 30 April 2019.


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