Jacqueline Arenstein (born 6 June 1921) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the

South African Communist Party The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded on 12 February 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by t ...

(SACP) from the age of 21, she was a defendant in the

1956 Treason Trial The Treason Trial was a trial in Johannesburg in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were arrested in a raid and accused of treason in South Africa in 1956. The main trial lasted until 1961, when all of the defendants were found not g ...

and repeatedly banned from the 1960s through to the 1980s. In 1984 she was appointed as a legal adviser to

Mangosuthu Buthelezi Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (; 27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu people, Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023. He ...

Life

Arenstein is Jewish, and is a cousin to the former Minister of Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils.

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1921 births Possibly living people Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists South African anti-apartheid activists Members of the South African Communist Party White South African anti-apartheid activists {{AntiApartheid-activist-stub