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Hugh Lewin, anti-apartheid activist who was betrayed by his best
friend – obituary
Telegraph Obituaries
8 FEBRUARY 2019 • 6:00AM
Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, was an anti-apartheid activist and
writer who spent seven years in a South African jail after being
betrayed by his “dearest friend” and “twin brother”, Adrian Leftwich.
The two belonged to a militant anti-apartheid group, and in 1964
Leftwich was arrested; under interrogation he named Lewin as one of
his comrades. Leftwich turned state’s evidence at his trial for
sabotage, and while he walked free, Lewin was jailed for seven years.
Lewin, who became an acclaimed author and poet, remained angry for
decades. “Bitterness,” he wrote, “clung to me like an armour.” Then,
in 2002, he read an article by Leftwich in Granta magazine. “I Gave
the Names” recounted his act...
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