Essa Moosa

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Essa Moosa (8 February 1936 – 26 February 2017) was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. During the apartheid era, he was active as a lawyer defending political detainees, and was a founding member of the anti-apartheid National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel).[1][2] In 2004 he was awarded the Order of the Disa by the Western Cape Province.[3] He died on February 26, 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies". IOL. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ Ryland, Fisher (26 February 2017). "Essa Moosa: The struggle lawyer who was 'everywhere'". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "List of Honourees receiving Provincial Honours 2004" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies