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Paying tribute to Ismail Coovadia, a true South African hero By Opinion By Ambassador Welile Nhlapo This past weekend we lost one of our veterans, Ambassador Ismail Coovadia. I first met him in London in January 1978. He met me at the Victoria station in London after I had arrived from Angola to work in the ANC office. I had just been appointed as Deputy Editor of Sechaba, the official publication of the ANC. He drove me to the ANC office in Rathbone Street and I was received by comrades Reg September, Francis Meli, my editor, and other staff members. Comrade Ismail immediately opened a bale and asked me to choose warm clothes since I was scantily dressed for London s extreme cold weather.

South africaCity ofUnited kingdomState of israelSouth africanYusuf saloojeeManala manziniEssop pahadFrancis meliIsmail coovadiaBenjamin netanyahuThabo mbekiWelile nhlapoThomas nkobiDepartment of foreign affairs ismailJewish national fund