Bettie Du Toit began working as a trade unionist in the textile industry in the 1930's, first in the Transvaal and later in the Cape. She was active in the Communist Party. In the 1950's she worked closely with the African National Congress and was imprisoned several times. She was one of the few whites who participated in the Defiance Campaign, 1952. In the 1960's she went to Ghana where she lost her sight through an eye infection. She went to London for treatment and remained there, writing this manuscript in 1976. It has since been published as Ukubamba Amadolo: worker's struggles in the South African textile industry (London, Onyx Press, 1978).
From the guide to the Textile Workers' Industrial Unions in South Africa by Bettie Du Toit with Nancy Dick., c1930-1978, (York University, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research)
