Renowned PIO writer Ahmed Essop dies in South Africa

Johannesburg: Ahmed Essop, renowned author and educationist of Indian-origin has died in South Africa, a close family friend said. He was 88. A beloved teacher of English who clashed with the apartheid authorities and was barred from teaching died at a hospital. “The literary giant left us after being admitted to the hospital a few days earlier,” said Aslam Khota. Essop was buried on Tuesday in his hometown of Lenasia, the mainly-Indian township south of Johannesburg. Born in India in 1931, Essop emigrated to South Africa as a child.