Bob Newland, Author at THE HISTORY AVENUE

Author: Bob Newland

Bob Newland is a lifelong activist and campaigner against colonialism and imperialism. After going to South Africa in 1971 and 72 to carry out covert activity for the ANC, Bob returned to the UK and worked for London Transport. He became a full-time worker for the Communist Party and the socialist daily paper, the Morning Star. He ended his career in environmental enforcement for Greenwich Council in London.

Using ‘Whiteness’: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (II)

We continue this week with an extract from Bob Newland’s life and experience, and his efforts in fighting the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Past, Present & Future The War Diaries

Using ‘Whiteness’: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (I)

Following the Rivonia Trial in 1964, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) were either in prison serving life sentences or in exile. Their underground organisation was crushed. The mass organisations of the African people were banned. A young saboteur from Durban, Ronnie Kasrils, was tasked by Oliver Tambo with finding a way to carry out propaganda exercises in South Africa keeping the name of the ANC alive while they regrouped and reorganised.