Ebrahim Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim OLG (1 July 1937 – 6 December 2021) was a South African anti-apartheid activist of Indian origin who was a member of the African National Congress's armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe. He was tried in the Pietermaritzburg sabotage trials of 1963 and was sentenced to a 15-year imprisonment at the Robben Island Maximum Security Prison.
Ebrahim Ebrahim | |
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Ebrahim in 2010 | |
| Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |
| In office 11 May 2009 – 25 May 2014 Serving with Sue van der Merwe | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Aziz Pahad |
| Succeeded by | Nomaindia Mfeketo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim 1 July 1937 Durban, South Africa |
| Died | 6 December 2021 (aged 84) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse |
Shannon Ebrahim (née Field)
(m. 2000) |
| Relations | Gora Ebrahim (brother) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa (BA, BCom) |
| Occupation | Anti-apartheid activist, lawmaker |
Popularly known as Ebie, he served as a lawmaker in the first democratically elected government of South Africa in 1994 and also served as the country's deputy minister for international relations between 2009 and 2014.
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