South Africa: Habitual Activist Kumi Naidoo Gets Honorary Doctorate From UJ

Some may remember him as the Greenpeace guy arrested for protesting over an oil rig, others as the man who was chucked out of school at 15 for organising an anti-apartheid protest.

From next Tuesday, Durbanite Kumi Naidoo, now the secretary general of Amnesty International, can add another achievement to his busy life when he is conferred with an honorary doctorate in humanities by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) for his social justice work.

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