Mohammed Tikly

Mohammed Tikly (7 July 1939,

Tikly was the son of Abdul Hamid, a trader, and Amina Salojee.[2] His mother died when Tikly was quite young^[2] and he was brought up by his extended family along with his three sisters.^[1] He attended high school in Johannesburg^[2] where he joined a circle of students reading the writings of ANC leaders.^[1] While at school he joined the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, an affiliate of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC).^[3] In 1959 he moved to Ireland to study medicine at Trinity College Dublin, however he left after two years for London to become more involved in the liberation struggle.^[2]

Struggle years

In 1964 he joined other activists on a seven-day hunger strike outside

South African years

On his return to South Africa Tikly was asked to head up the Batlagae Trust which aimed to assist in the reintegration of student exiles as they returned to South Africa. Tikly then worked in the national department of education until his retirement in 2000. Tikly had been a member of the ANC's Archives’ Committee and continued to be involved with the Archives at

Tikly married Clare Reid, a maths teacher and fellow activist, in 1964. They had four children together: Anna-Zohra, Ruweida, Adam and Leon; but divorced in 1995 after a long separation.[2]

References

External links

• Interview with Mohammed Tikly by Bertil Högberg within the project Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa