Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tahuna e Achmat tōna kura i Salt River hei tautoko i ngā whakaekenga ākonga i te tau 1976
I mauheretia ia i nga wa maha i tona tamarikitanga mo ana mahi torangapu. 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.