Isaacman went to work in the offices of the SACP , where she met Brian Bunting , a young World War II veteran and fellow communist . In 1946 , the couple married and they relocated to Cape Town , where their three children , Peter , Margaret and Stephen were born . Bunting continued working for the SACP there , and also began working at the Cape Town Peace Council as its secretary . When in 1950 , Communism and the party were banned in South Africa , she began working at '' The Guardian '' , a newspaper with communist ties . When it was banned and renamed '' The Spark '' , and then subsequently banned and renamed '' New Age '' , she continued working for the paper . Appointed as a member of the delegation led by Ahmed Kathrada to represent South Africa , at the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students , she traveled to East Berlin in 1951 . In 1953 , the party reorganized under the name of the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) , and Bunting was one of its founding members . In reaction to increased restrictive legislation passed by the pro-Apartheid government , she focused on political activity . As a white woman , she was in a unique position to speak out against racial oppression . She was invited as one of the platform speakers at the 1955 Congress of the People held in Kliptown , where the Freedom Charter was adopted
3rd World Festival of Youth and Students
3rd World Festival of Youth and Students
Sonia Bunting