Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist ...

On 17 August, 40 years ago, the inveterate socialist Ruth First was assassinated in Maputo under the orders of Apartheid spy Craig Williamson.Her inspiration as a Communist Party revolutionary ...

Ruth First was among many charged in the Treason Trial in 1956, when the African National Congress, or ANC, and other organizations were charged with trying to overthrow the government. In 1963 she ...