Akhristow, Akhmat wuxuu dab qabadsiiyay iskuulkiisa Salt River si uu u taageero banaanbaxyada ardayda ee 1976
waxaana lagu xiray dhowr jeer noloshiisa dhalinyarada ah howlihiisa siyaasadeed darteed. Wuxuu ku biiray Xisbiga African National Congress (ANC) sanadkii 1980 isagoo xabsi ku jira. Intii u dhaxeysay 1985 iyo 1990 wuxuu xubin ka ahaa Marxist Workers Tendency ee ANC, koox Trotskyist ah oo ka go'day ANC iyo horudhaca Dhaqdhaqaaqa Dimuqraadiga ee Dimuqraadiga.