Struggle anthology surfaces from the grave

A black leather suitcase and a labour of love bring poetry of teacher and anti-apartheid activist Victor Wessels to life after forty years

A black leather case lies at the heart of a new anthology of poetry by late teacher-activist Victor Wessels.

Speaking at the launch of Testimony in a packed Muslim Movement Hall in Parkside in Gqeberha on Saturday, the co-editor of the book, Nelson Mandela University research associate Allan Zinn said the link stretched back to when Wessels died in Cape Town in 1979 of a heart attack...

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