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PRISCILLA JANA: 1943 – 2020

PRISCILLA JANA: 1943 – 2020

In honour of Priscilla Jana, the legendary human rights lawyer, who passed away, The African Mirror publishes an excerpt from her book, “Fighting for Mandela”. PRISCILLA JANA IF the breadwinner was imprisoned. I would organise help as much as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing to do, just as using every possible angle of the law to fight cases and win acquittals was the right thing to do. This was giving me confidence in the work I took on. So when the exceptional case of Solomon Mahlangu landed on my desk, and in…
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