Nelson Mandela praised anti-apartheid stalwart Wolfie Kodesh as a partner in the struggle for freedom at Kodesh’s funeral in Cape Town. Kodesh, who died last week at the age of 84, joined South Africa’s Communist Party in 1938 and was a founder of the armed wing of the African National Congress, Mandela’s group.
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