We need to remember': Tribute to anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timole, who died in police custody Fifty-five years after Ahmed Timole's fatal arrest, those who knew him are urging South Africans to remember the activists who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms they enjoy today. Dilshad Jetam: 'The last one to hear his last cry' The doctor, cardiologist and anti-apartheid activist told Sputnik Africa that she was arrested alongside Timol in October 1971. Held in office 1026 while Timol was killed in 1027, she said she heard every scream - and was the last to hear Timol's last cry before the morning of the 27th. Jetham emphasized remembering those who fought for freedom: many were arrested, tortured and held in solitary confinement, and some, like Timule, paid the ultimate price for the freedoms South Africans enjoy today. Ronnie Xarrils: 'A manager who never left a document in its place' The activist and former Minister of State Security recalled in an interview with Sputnik Africa that Timol, known as Farouk in exile, was part of the security and intelligence structure of the ANC, and described him as a manager who organized his documents carefully and never left them in their place. Casarils noted that the minimum sentence after torture was five years, although Timol would have faced 20 to 25 years given his level of leadership. The security branch was desperate to learn what it knew, Xarrils said, recalling the death of anti-apartheid activist Bebela Saloujis—who was thrown from the seventh floor of the security branch headquarters on Hanitziv Street, when officers boasted that "Indians can't fly. " "On November 3rd, let us remember him, and preserve his life as our precious life, as we do to all who have shed their blood that we must preserve for posterity. " Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.

We need to remember': Tribute to anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timole, who died in police custody Fifty-five years after Ahmed Timole's fatal arrest, those who knew him are urging South Africans to remember the activists who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms they enjoy today. Dilshad Jetam: 'The last one to hear his last cry' The doctor, cardiologist and anti-apartheid activist told Sputnik Africa that she was arrested alongside Timol in October 1971. Held in office 1026 while Timol was killed in 1027, she said she heard every scream - and was the last to hear Timol's last cry before the morning of the 27th. Jetham emphasized remembering those who fought for freedom: many were arrested, tortured and held in solitary confinement, and some, like Timule, paid the ultimate price for the freedoms South Africans enjoy today. Ronnie Xarrils: 'A manager who never left a document in its place' The activist and former Minister of State Security recalled in an interview with Sputnik Africa that Timol, known as Farouk in exile, was part of the security and intelligence structure of the ANC, and described him as a manager who organized his documents carefully and never left them in their place. Casarils noted that the minimum sentence after torture was five years, although Timol would have faced 20 to 25 years given his level of leadership. The security branch was desperate to learn what it knew, Xarrils said, recalling the death of anti-apartheid activist Bebela Saloujis—who was thrown from the seventh floor of the security branch headquarters on Hanitziv Street, when officers boasted that "Indians can't fly. " "On November 3rd, let us remember him, and preserve his life as our precious life, as we do to all who have shed their blood that we must preserve for posterity. " Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.