Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo ( born September 5, 1909 in Krugersdorp, † September 19, 1983 in London) was a South African politician of Indian descent. He was a leading member of the South African Communist Party ( SACP ).
Life
Origin and background
Yusuf and Amina Mohamed Dadoo Dadoos parents were born in the Indian small town near the city of Surat Kolwad. Mohamed Dadoo immigrated in 1896 to South Africa. He was like almost all the ethnic Indian immigrants in South Africa, a member of the working class. Mahatma Gandhi succeeded shortly thereafter to unite through actions of passive resistance, the Indian-born workers in South Africa. The Indian Congress came into the episode as a representation of Indians and opponents of the suppression of all non-whites in South Africa.
Yusuf Dadoo spent the latter part of his education in India Aligarh Muslim College. He moved in 1929 to London to take up the study of medicine. Because of a demonstration against the Simon Commission he was arrested. He then continued his studies in Edinburgh. There he began to deal with the teachings of Marxism.
Political Activities in South Africa
1936 Dadoo returned back to South Africa. 1939 Dadoo was the most important representative of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC ), which was a part of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC ). The rallies came up to 6,000 of the then 25,000 Indian -Russians in the Transvaal.
In 1938, Dadoo had the Non -European United Front co-founded. Dadoo was first secretary of fighting for the rights of all non-whites organization. As a result, Dadoo was also popular in the black population.
Also in 1939, Dadoo member of the Communist Party of South Africa ( CPSA later SACP ). 1940 Dadoo was arrested because he had spoken out against the participation of oppressed South Africans in World War II, but was released on payment of a fine. In 1941 he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPSA. In the same year he was imprisoned for a long time in Boksburg.
In the two years that followed there were further actions of passive resistance against the government. During this time Dadoo was imprisoned twice. 1946 Dadoo was Chairman of the TIC and led a strike of more than 100,000 mostly black mine workers. 1947 Dadoo traveled India and met, among others, on Mahatma Gandhi. Yusuf Dadoo was elected in 1950 as president of SAIC. In the same year, the Communist Party of South Africa should be banned by the 1948 elected government of the National Party led by Jan Smuts. They therefore broke up, to continue working in the substrate can. In a secret conference, where the name was changed to the SACP, Dadoo in 1953 elected to the Central Committee of the Party. Together with Walter Sisulu from the African National Congress ( ANC) and other politicians planned Dadoo the Defiance Campaign, German as: "Disobedience Campaign " to protest against the rigid laws of the apartheid government. Dadoo was banned and went to prison again several times.
In 1955, on the " People's Congress " under the leadership of the ANC in Kliptown as the first three people with the highest appreciation of the ANC, the title Isitwalandwe awarded Dadoo, Trevor Huddleston and Albert Luthuli, German as " bearing the feathers of a rare bird ." He could as Luthuli for his spell unable to attend the ceremony. In 1956 he was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, but was acquitted as all other defendants.
Time in exile
Yusuf Dadoo in 1960 was involved in the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe underground army. At the same time the existence of the SACP was made public. In order to operate effectively, decided SACP and SAIC that Dadoo should go into exile in London. His job there is to involve other forces in the fight against the South African Government. So he traveled to the Soviet Union and many other countries. In 1969 he took part in the Morogoro Conference in Tanzania. There Dadoo was elected Vice President of the Revolutionary Council, German: " Revolutionary ". Its task was to support the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe.
1972 Dadoo was elected to succeed the late JB Marks as Chairman of the SACP. He held that post until his death in September. He was buried only a few meters from the grave of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery.
Nicknames
Dadoos nickname was Doc ( " doctor " ) and Mota ( Gujarati for " the highly esteemed ").
Aftermath
- The hospital in Krugersdorp Dadoos birthplace was named after the end of apartheid Yusuf Dadoo Hospital.