Tributes after anti-apartheid activist Paul David dies

Tributes after anti-apartheid activist Paul David dies

Tributes have poured in for anti-apartheid struggle veteran Devadass Paul David.

Devadass Paul David.
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The 79-year-old died of natural causes at his home in KwaDukuza on Thursday.


David was the last surviving member of the Consulate Six.


A friend of David and the family, Ela Gandhi says she's known David from the 50s.


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Gandhi says David always worked in the interest of the community.


"Providing legal help to people, offering not even to charge anything. He lived a simple life. 


"He was involved in a number of organisations, a wide spectrum of community organisations. The Durban housing action committee, Verulam housing committee. He was involved in the legal association," says Gandhi. 

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