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Thorne, Athol
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- Thorne, Athol Edwin
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Dates of existence
15 October 1921 - 14 September 2001
History
Athol joined the Communist Party of South Africa in 1947. In 1953, on his return from London, Athol was recruited into the underground reconstituted South African Party which had been declared illegal in 1950. He became a member of the Cape Town District Committee. In the early stage Athol worked on the rebuilding of the Communist Party and alongside that became the Western Cape regional secretary of the white Congress of the Democrats. On 28 September 1955 he was banned as a member of Communist Party; Secretary of the Congress of Democrats (Western Cape).
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ZA-COM-09436
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Modified on 2021-05-13, by Phetlhu, Ogone.