Eli Buirski, one of the Jewish members of the South African Parliament, died here suddenly last night at the age of 54. He was the member for Woodstock, and was the head of an old established firm, Messrs Liebermen and Buirski.
For seven years he was a member of the Swellendam Town Council and was Mayor of the Town. He also represented Swellendam in the South African Parliament from 1924 to 1929, as a member of the South African Party, of which General Smuts is leader. Since he moved to Capetown, he was a member of the Management Board of the Capetown Hebrew Congregation.
His death is a great blow to the Jews of South Africa, following as it does on the recent death of Emile Nathan, the member for Von Brandis, and leaving now only three Jewish members of the South African Parliament, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Mr. C. P. Robinson, and Mr. M. Kentridge.
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