Mohamed Motala-Researcher and activist
Episode 82, Sep 04, 2019, 01:00 PM
I met Mohamed back in the mid-1980's when he was an organiser for the Chemical and Industrial Workers Union. Mohamed grew up in Umzinto on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast among desperately poor sugarcane workers. He has devoted his life to the struggle for social change and economic transformation in South Africa.
Over the years he has worked in provincial government and in NGO's. I visited him in Cape Town where he lives with his family.
We had a wide-ranging chat about history and culture, the ongoing struggle for a more redistribute social and political model, and confronting race and racism in Cape Town.
Over the years he has worked in provincial government and in NGO's. I visited him in Cape Town where he lives with his family.
We had a wide-ranging chat about history and culture, the ongoing struggle for a more redistribute social and political model, and confronting race and racism in Cape Town.