Vainberg (Weinberg) Elie (1908, Libava - 1981, Tanzania) - public figure.

The First World War and the October Revolution had a significant influence on Vainberg’s political views. He adhered to left-wing socialist views. On 9.12.1929 he emigrated to Cape Town (South Africa), where he lived until 1976, but as an anti-apartheid fighter he was not granted citizenship. In 1932 he joined the then legal SA Communist Party, and was active in SA trade unions. He was an activist in the African National Communist Movement. From 1953 lived under constant threat of arrest for political activity. In 1964 he was sentenced to five years. Released in 1970. In 1976 he left South Africa (?) illegally and moved to Tanzania, where he was guaranteed political asylum, on assignment from the Party Committee. In addition to his political activities, Elie Vainberg was engaged in photography, an interest in which he had been interested since 1926. He worked as a photographer, participated in many exhibitions, and his photographs were published in various publications. Even while under house arrest, he successfully conducted studio photo shoots. In 1964 he received a prize at the World Exhibition in New York for a colour photograph of a group of Basuto women, but because of his arrest he was not present at the award ceremony. Unfortunately, his archive was destroyed after he fled South Africa.