Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tahuna e Achmat tana kura i Salt River hei tautoko i te
1976 ngā whakahe ākonga, ā, i mauheretia ia i ngā wā maha i tōna tamarikitanga mō ngā mahi tōrangapū. I uru ia ki te African National Congress (ANC) i te 1980 i a ia e mahi ana i te wa i te whare herehere. I waenga i te 1985 me te 1990 he mema ia o te Marxist Workers Tendency o te ANC, he roopu Trotskyist i wehe mai i te ANC me te kaitohutohu ki te Democratic Socialist Movement.