Death of Kader Asmal

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Wednesday June 22, 2011 17:26 by SLH

News is breaking of the death of anti-apartheid campaigner Kader Asmal. He was a founder member of both the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Kader Asmal's son Adam confirmed that Kader died at about 4pm this afternoon in Constantia hospital in Cape Town after having a heart attack and slipping into a coma. He was 76. He had also suffered from bone marrow cancer for some time.
He is survived by a wife, Louise Parkinson, and two sons, two brothers and a sister.

He served democratic South Africa for almost 14-years from 1994 until 2008. His cabinet portfolios included water affairs, forestry and education.

He was also Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law.

More details and links to follow.