Cecil Williams (anti-apartheid activist)

This article is about the English-born South African activist. For the American pastor, see Cecil Williams (pastor).

Cecil Williams
Born1906 (1906)
Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Died1979 (aged 69–70)
Organizations
MovementAnti-Apartheid

Cecil Williams (1906–1979) was a gay English–South African theatre director and anti-apartheid activist who assisted Nelson Mandela during his period in hiding. On 5 August 1962, Williams was arrested alongside Mandela while driving him in an Austin Westminster near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal.

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