Sandy Grant's six decades of devoted service

While he distinguished himself as a pioneering community activist, social commentator, and non-politician politician, he may be best remembered for his passionate championing of the value of local heritage through his many writings, museum work, photography, information sharing, and encouragement of others.

British-born, after earning an MA in History at the prestigious Cambridge University, Sandy Grant found comfortable employment working for a publishing house. But his life changed forever at the end of 1963 when he was approached by two prominent figures from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, namely Martin Ennals who was then the secretary-general of the UK’s Council for Civil Liberties (he would go on to lead Amnesty International) and Nana Mahomo, the Pan African Congress’ representative in London.