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Dorothy Jacobs: The woman behind South Africa’s second heart transplant | SA News

Genevieve Serra|Published

The woman who played a significant role in South African history after she granted permission for her coloured husband’s heart to be used for the world’s second heart transplant, on a white doctor during apartheid, has died.

Dorothy Jacobs, previously Haupt, 81, passed away on July 1 and is expected to be laid to rest next week.

The Cape Argus spoke with her only child, Angelo Jacobs, 51, and his wife, Bronwyn Jacobs, 48, from Mitchell’s Plain, who relayed the pivotal role she played in history.

Jacobs was married to Clive Haupt in 1968 for three months and lived in Salt River.

They were both factory workers.

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