Tim Jenkin

Tim Jenkin
Jenkin in 2017
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
Occupation(s)Writer, political and monetary activist
Employer(s)Community Exchange System (founder and director)[1]
Known forPrison escape
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Timothy Peter Jenkin (born 1948) is a South African writer, anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner. He is best known for his 1979 escape from Pretoria Local Prison (part of the Pretoria Central Prison complex), along with Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris.

  1. ^ "Who are we?". Community Exchange System. Retrieved 29 March 2019.