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"She was very alive and very alert to injustice and her concerns were for a better world;Former Cape Town mayor Gordon Oliver said"
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Dorothy Cleminshaw was a South African civil rights activist and anti-apartheid activist. A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, she was a prominent figure in the Black Sash in the Western Cape, known particularly for her research and advocacy on political detentions, abortion rights, and conscientious objection.
"She was very alive and very alert to injustice and her concerns were for a better world;Former Cape Town mayor Gordon Oliver said"
"Mary Burton described Cleminshaw as “a really strong and determined woman” despite being physically frail in her later years"
"One of her most important achievements was to lobby for a change to the laws on abortion,” said Burton."
"Bishop David Russell, who worked closely with Cleminshaw in the Christian Institute, said;She never gave up, she was indefatigable. The people who knew her were tremendously impressed by her courage"