On The Agrarian Problem, Apartheid Cosmetics Exposed, The PAC Venture in Perspective". Most of these are now online. Legacy Tabata played a major role in the formation of the Unity Movement tradition, which was until the 1970s the largest Trotskyist current in southern Africa. Both the African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa / Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA) and New Unity Movement trends continue to hold Tabata in high esteem. For the former, he was 'a giant in intellect, an indefatigable and revolutionary politician, an outstanding orator and a skilled, analytical writer' who left a 'tremendous legacy'. For the latter, he was an extraordinary 'theoretician, writer, orator, organiser', and 'a Marxist of the highest calibre' Thabo Mbeki, who then occupied the presidency of the Republic of South Africa, awarded Tabata the Order of Lethuli in gold for "exceptional contribution to the founding of organisations which forged unity among the oppressed across race and class boundaries". See also Non-European Unity Movement Queenstown Massacre Black Consciousness Movement References External links South African government website South African Medals Website Baruch Hirson, A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view, SA History Online South African activists Anti-apartheid activists Opposition to apartheid in South Africa Orders of South Africa South African Marxists South African writers South African Trotskyists People from Queenstown, South Africa 1909 births 1990 deaths Members of the Order of Luthuli South African emigrants to Zambia