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Breyten Breytenbach

Notable deaths of 2024 — honouring lives and legacies that helped shape history

South Africa

Notable deaths of 2024 — honouring lives and legacies that helped shape history

By Shérie Vollenhoven

Masterful Breyten Breytenbach reimagined Afrikaans and SA

Maverick Life

Masterful Breyten Breytenbach reimagined Afrikaans and SA

By Willie Burger

Breyten Breytenbach — Prisoner of apartheid rulers, my hero

Maverick Life

Breyten Breytenbach — Prisoner of apartheid rulers, my hero

By Anthony Akerman

Justice Johann Kriegler retires as chair of Freedom Under Law

South Africa

Justice Johann Kriegler retires as chair of Freedom Under Law

By Freedom Under Law

The meaning of revolutionary or emancipatory consciousness and action before and after 1990/94

South Africa

The meaning of revolutionary or emancipatory consciousness and action before and after 1990/94

By Raymond Suttner

Breyten Breytenbach — Prisoner of consciousness, my hero

Magazine

Breyten Breytenbach — Prisoner of consciousness, my hero

By Anthony Akerman

Anti-apartheid lawyer and UK solicitor Andrew Williamson was an all-rounder, ‘an honest and decent man’

South Africa

Anti-apartheid lawyer and UK solicitor Andrew Williamson was an all-rounder, ‘an honest and decent man’

By John Battersby

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Series Two, Part Eight)

Maverick Life

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Series Two, Part Eight)

By Ingrid de Kok

Cloete Breytenbach, documenter of soldiers at war

Africa

Cloete Breytenbach, documenter of soldiers at war

By Leila Dougan

GroundUp: Burning the works of anti-apartheid protest

South Africa

GroundUp: Burning the works of anti-apartheid protest

By GroundUp

GroundUp: This is probably the list of artworks UCT has removed

South Africa

GroundUp: This is probably the list of artworks UCT has removed

By GroundUp

While you were sleeping: 7 March 2017

South Africa

While you were sleeping: 7 March 2017

By John Stupart