Medical doctor in Soweto, anti-apartheid activist, cricketer, and murder victim
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Abu Baker Asvat (/ɑsfat/) (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat[1] or Abu[2] nicknamed Hurley was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of its health secretariat, and involved in initiatives aimed at improving the health of rural black South Africans during Apartheid.[3]
In 1989, Asvat was shot dead in his clinic, and he died in the arms of his nurse, Albertina Sisulu. His death has been linked to that of Stompie Seipei four weeks earlier,[4] with allegations that Winnie Mandela (whose personal physician Asvat was)[2] paid for his murder as part of a cover-up of Seipei's killing, being presented to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[3][5][4][6][7]
^"Abu Asvat Institute - Abu Asvat Institute". www.abuasvatinstitute.org.za.
^ abJon Soske (10 January 2012). "The Life and Death of Dr Abu Baker 'Hurley' Asvat, 23 February 1943 to 27 January 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ ab"Dr. Abu Baker Asvat | South African History Online". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ ab""Winnie may face fresh murder charge"". Independent.co.uk. 28 November 1997., The Independent, 28 November 1997.
^"First Stompie then his doctor: Asvat family still doesn't have closure". City Press. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^Daley, Suzanne (2 December 1997). ""Panel Hears Evidence Winnie Mandela Sought Doctor's Death"". The New York Times., The New York Times, 2 December 1997.
^"'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' | News | M&G". mg.co.za. 5 September 1997. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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