Ruth First was a journalist ,writer ,activist and scholar. She wrote major articles and books that would aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid campaigns with the struggle against the inequality, and directed all of her own campaigns in exposing the apartheid government to the world. Her writing assisted with the important role in the abolishment of apartheid.
Born in Johannesburg on 4 May 1925, Ruth First was assassinated by the hit squads on 17 August 1982 at the age of 57

GUEST: Professor ANTON HARBER - Caxton Professor of Journalism at Wits University