The former Dean of St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, Reverend Michael Weeder says the late renowned struggle poet and writer James Matthews lifted the torch of freedom in the darkest of times.
Matthews passed away in Cape Town at the age of 95.
The poet and writer wrote for a variety of publications and was a fearless writer and poet during the apartheid era.
Weeder says Matthews never walked away from his true identity and was fierce in spirit.
The poet of James Matthews numbers among the many anthems that served to rally our spirit, and was a touch dawn for courage because he was so exemplary in leading the way of the creatives of a special type.
