Priscilla Jana — the gutsy lawyer who fought tirelessly to dismantle apartheid
11 October 2020 - 18:50
Priscilla Jana, the acclaimed human rights lawyer who adopted the baby daughter of one of her imprisoned clients, died in a frail care home on Saturday, October 10. She was 76.
Jana dedicated her legal practice to representing political activists during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, one of the most turbulent and repressive periods of apartheid...
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