Paul Trewhela

Paul Trewhela (1941 - ), South African journalist,^[1] communist^[2] and political prisoner.^[3]

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^[4]

Publications

• "Chapter 8 The Problem of Communism in Southern Africa". Inside Quatro: Uncovering the Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO. Jacana Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-77009-776-6.
• Inside Quatro: Uncovering the Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO. Jacana Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-77009-776-6.
• "Swapo and the churches: an international scandal" (PDF). Searchlight South Africa. 2 (3): 65–88. 1991.
• Yengeni, Schreiner and the Ethics of the ANC. 2008.

See also

Notes and references

1. Pogrund 2000, p. 133-.
2. Clingman 2011, p. 337–.
3. Anon 1975.
4. St Michael's Awardees

• Pogrund, Benjamin (2000). War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-888363-71-5.
• Clingman, Stephen (15 September 2011). Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary. International Pub Marketing. ISBN 978-0-86486-677-6.
• Anon (1975). "Torture in South Africa". Transition (Oct., 1975 - Mar., 1976 ed.). Indiana University Press (50): 52–57. JSTOR 2935000.

Further reading

• Simpson, Thula (2011). "The Expanding Horizons of Liberation Struggle History". African Historical Review. 43 (1): 100–115. doi:10.1080/17532523.2011.630453. ISSN 1753-2523.