Sedick Isaacs

Sedick Isaacs (24 May 1940 – 18 October 2012) was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, physician, professor, and author.

Isaacs is best known for his 2010 book ''Surviving in the Apartheid Prison'' in which he detailed the experiences of his nearly thirteen-year prison sentence from 1964 to 1977 at Robben Island Prison in South Africa. During his time at Robben Island, he educated Jacob Zuma and Dikgang Moseneke, was an associate of Nelson Mandela, and was a co-founder of the Robben Island football club Makana F.A.

Isaacs is also well known for his contributions to the field of health informatics in Africa as founding president of both Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA) and the South African Health Informatics Association (SAHIA). He was also the Professor of Medical Informatics at the University of Cape Town from 1986 to 2005. Provided by Wikipedia