Ruth First quotes

Ruth First was a South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and scholar. As a leading member of the anti-apartheid movement, she played a crucial role in exposing injustices and advocating for racial equality. She dedicated her life to fighting against oppression and ultimately paid the ultimate price for her activism. Here are 3 of her quotes:

Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again.

Ruth First

Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation - as early as 1959 and 1960.

Ruth First