DA to honour activist Blackburn with ‘rememberance imbizo’

14 December 2015 - 11:05 By TMG Digital

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape will use the Day of Reconciliation public holiday to honour progressive pioneer Molly Blackburn. The party’s mayoral candidate for Nelson Mandela Bay‚ Athol Trollip‚ said “a rememberance imbizo” will be held at the Lillian Ngoyi Hall in Kwazakhele.He described Blackburn as having “dedicated her life to reconciliation and fought tirelessly to end apartheid”.She “won the Walmer Provincial Council Seat for the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) in 1981”‚ said Trollip‚ adding that the DA has “its roots in the PFP”.Blackburn also rejoined the Black Sash activist group in 1982 years after leaving it because of what she perceived as its “inactivity”.December 28 will mark 30 years since Blackburn died in a car accident between Oudtshoorn and Port Elizabeth...

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