Honoring Griffiths Mxenge: Remembering the Human Rights Lawyer Assassinated 43 Years Ago for Fighting Apartheid
Today marks 43 years since the assassination of Griffiths Mxenge, a revered South African human rights lawyer whose legacy continues to inspire the fight for justice and equality. On November 19, 1981, Mxenge was brutally murdered by operatives of the apartheid regime, an act meant to silence his fearless advocacy against state oppression. Instead, his…