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South African poet, writer and painter Breyten Breytenbach in a studio in Paris. He was exiled in France after being jailed due to his anti-apartheid stance. (Photo: Julio Donoso/Getty Images)
AFRIKAANS POETRY

Breyten Breytenbach: Cosmopolitan anarchist from the Boland

The poet and painter was one of the greatest wordsmiths in Afrikaans

  • Andries Bezuidenhout
8 min read
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday.
OPINION

Obituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders

The academic and activist, who helped build the trade union movement, challenged any form of oppression and exploitation

  • Andries Bezuidenhout
7 min read