Paul Trewhela

Paul Trewhela is a long-time South African activist who worked in underground journalism with Ruth First and edited the underground journal MK, Freedom Fighter during the Rivonia Trial. He was a political prisoner in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Fort for being a member of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1967. Since becoming an exile in England, he has been the coeditor of Searchlight South Africa and publishes on South African politics.

Paul Trewhela is a long-time South African activist who worked in underground journalism with Ruth First and edited the underground journal MK, Freedom Fighter during the Rivonia Trial. He was a political prisoner in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Fort for being a member of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1967. Since becoming an exile in England, he has been the coeditor of Searchlight South Africa and publishes on South African politics. See less