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Paul Trewhela (1941 - ), South African journalist, communist and political prisoner.
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Biography
Trewhela was born in Johannesburg in 1941, educated at Michaelhouse in KwaZulu-Natal. Trewhela worked in underground journalism with Ruth First and edited the underground journal of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Freedom Fighter, during the Rivonia Trial. He was a political prisoner in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Fort as a member of the South African Communist Party in 1964 – 1967, separating from the SACP while in prison. In exile in Britain he was co-editor with the late Baruch Hirson of Searchlight South Africa, which was banned in South Africa.
Honours
In 2007 he received the St Michael Award from his alma-mater, Michaelhouse
References
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