Well-known Cape Town political activist Roland Jethro, who was involved in various anti-apartheid political activities, has died.
Jethro passed away on Sunday morning at his home in Pelican Park after reportedly suffering from cancer.
Jethro was born in Genadendal but educated in Cape Town and Durban.
He was a teacher, having taught at Nerina High in Bonteheuwel, Mountview High in Hanover Park and Gugulethu Comprehensive High School.
As an activist, he was one of the founding member of a community youth organisation in Hanover Park which became a branch of the Cape Youth Congress.
Through Cayco, he became a founder member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Jethro was also involved in the then-banned ANC and its military wing uMkhonto we Sizwe.
More recently, he was a founder member of the Hanover Park Foundation which was established to provide bursaries for young people from the area to study at universities and other tertiary institutions.
Among the organisations in which he was involved, he was also a co-founder and chairperson of the School Environmental Education Project (Seep) and the chair of the Western Province Schools Cross-Country Association.
A memorial will take place at Belgravia High School, 22 Veld Road, Belgravia, at 7pm today.
The funeral will be held at Groenvlei High School, Barend Road, Yorkshire Estate, Lansdowne, on Saturday.
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