Marimuthu Pragalathan "M. P." Naicker (c. 28 July 1920 – 29 April 1977) was a South African journalist, anti-apartheid activist and trade unionist.
[1] He joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) at age 18, after reading the writings of Karl Marx.
[5] In 1944, Naicker joined the Anti-Segregation Council,[5] which was founded to pursue mass mobilisation against Indian segregation.
[5] Around this time, he worked for the leftist newspaper New Age,[3] based in Johannesburg, alongside other employees such as Joe Nzingo Gqabi.
During his exile, he became the Director of Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission in London,[7][11] using the pseudonym Mandla Nkosi.
[1] Naicker also travelled abroad to several African nations, the Soviet Union and Chechoslovakia to represent the ANC.
[11] At his funeral there were tributes from from the Acting President of the ANC, Oliver Tambo; the Chairman of the SACP, Yusuf Dadoo; and activist Brian Bunting.