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President Jacob Zuma wishes to convey his deepest condolences to the Isaacs family and friends on the sad passing of Professor Sedick Isaacs, who passed away in a Cape Town hospital yesterday afternoon.

Professor Isaacs was captured, along with other liberation movement leaders, in 1964 and subsequently sentenced to Robben Island, where he helped establish a library that was to contribute to the education of many prisoners, some of whom are outstanding leaders of society today.

The President added: “He joined the liberation struggle and was imprisoned at an early age, yet his dedicated work in the library contributed to a culture of reading among prisoners in the Island and this had a profound impact on their political and intellectual development.”

“On my behalf and that of government and the people of South Africa, I would like to express our deepest condolences to the family, friends and fellow prisoners. May his soul rest in peace,” said President Zuma.