The South African Jewish Board of Deputies has expressed its condolences over the death of the late Nelson Mandela’s lawyer, Advocate Jules Browde, this week.
Browde, who was well-known as a human rights activist, passed away on Tuesday, 31 May, at the age of 98. He had represented Mandela, Oliver Tambo and numerous anti-apartheid activists during a career which spanned more than half a century.
Other career highlights included his appointment as a senior council in 1969, his appointment as an acting judge in South Africa and his stint as a judge on the Appeal Court of Swaziland and Lesotho.
Browde was also a prominent member of the Jewish community where he served as the national president of the Habonim youth movement for 25 years, and was an eminent member of the Johannesburg Bar.
Browde was married for over sixty years to Professor Selma Browde who has also achieved considerable eminence in her profession as a senior radiation oncologist at the University of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg group of hospitals.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies is the central representative institution of the South African Jewish community, and many religious congregations, Jewish societies and institutions are affiliated to it.
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