Complex sentence: Toivo worked as a teacher from 1942 to 1951, taking time out to fight with the South African Army in World War II. In 1951, he re-located to Cape Town and became active in anti-apartheid and independence politics.
Split into simpler sentences: Toivo worked as a teacher and he taking time out to fight with the South African Army. He re-located to Cape Town and became active in anti-apartheid and independence politics.