Ahmed Timol

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Gender	Male
Death	53 years ago
Date of birth	November 3,1941
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Born	Breyten
	South Africa
Date of died	October 27,1971
Died	Johannesburg Central Police Station
Known for	anti-apartheid
	activism
Parents	Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol
	Hawa Ismail Dindar
Education	International Lenin School
Nationality	South African
Date of Reg.	2019-10-12 13:20:20
Date of Upd.	2023-06-07 17:46:35
ID	1429598

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Ahmed Timol Life story

Ahmed Timol was an anti-apartheid activist in the underground South African Communist Party. He died at the age of 29 from injuries sustained when he fell from the top floor of John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg.

South Africa's long wait for justice over apartheid crimes

Mar 13,2023 10:20 pm

... The greatest loss The re-opening of an inquest in 2017 into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police detention in 1971 was a turning point, says Katarzyna Zdunczyk, TRC programme manager at the South African non-governmental organisation, the Foundation for Human Rights...