Eve Hall (1937-2007) was a German-South African

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, gypsy journalist, and development worker. She lived at Matumi,

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, South Africa with her husband, Tony Hall.

Early life

Hall was a survivor of the war in France and a Jewish refugee who was born to a Jewish father and German mother. She went to

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and

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, where she became an M.A. graduate. Hall met Tony at Witwatersrand University and together became Gypsy journalists and development workers. Hall married Tony and had three sons Philip, Andy, and Christopher. In 1964, Hall, Tony, and their sons were banned from returning to South Africa as they were listed members of banned organizations.

Career

Hall was the women's editor of the ''

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'', one of the most significant national daily papers in Kenya. The couple worked in places such as London, Oxford, Nairobi, Delhi, and a few more. She was Oxfam's information officer in Delhi, India and launched the ANC women section at

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. Hall was a Chief Technical Officer of the ILO (

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) in Somalia and helped in solving issues related to gender inequalities. Hall returned to South Africa in 1991 when apartheid ended. She died of breast cancer in 2007 at the age of 70.

References

1937 births 2007 deaths Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists University of the Witwatersrand alumni Alumni of the University of Reading South African journalists Deaths from breast cancer People from Mbombela 20th-century journalists White South African anti-apartheid activists {{South-Africa-bio-stub