Richard Friedlander (20 January 1923 – 8 February 2007) was a South African attorney and politician. He served as Mayor of Cape Town from 1971 to 1973. As chairman of the City Council's executive committee in 1989, he led a motion requesting the national government to exempt Cape Town from the Group Areas Act.Cape Town Journal; A Cradle of Apartheid Looks for a Way Around It The New York Times. 28 March 1989
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