Joel Joffe is a Labour peer in the House of Lords. Born in South Africa, he was educated at the University of Witwatersrand (BCom, LLB 1955), and worked as a human rights lawyer 1958?65, including at the infamous 1963-4 Rivonia Trial, representing Nelson Mandela. Later he moved to the United Kingdom and worked in the financial services industry, setting up Hambro Life Assurance with Sir Mark Weinberg, as well as in the voluntary sector. He was associated with Oxfam in various roles between 1982 and 2001, including being its chair from 1995 to 2001. In 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath. He was awarded the CBE in the 1999 New Year Honours, and made a Life peer on 16 February 2000, being raised to the peerage as Baron Joffe, of Liddington in the County of Wiltshire, where he lives.
Denis Goldberg is a South African social campaigner who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was the only white member of Umkhonto we Sizwe to be arrested and sentenced in the Rivonia Trial. In 1985, after 22 years in prison, he was released, and he has since founded the UK based charity Community H.E.A.R.T. which is dedicated to overcoming apartheid’s legacy through health and education projects. He lives in Hout Bay, a suburb of Cape Town.
