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International solidarity: A demonstration in memory of Dulcie September in Paris, France after her murder in 1988. The banner readers: ‘Dulcie was our friend’. (Georges Merillon/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
AHMED TIMOL

Review: ‘Murder in Paris’: Who killed Dulcie September?

Fast-paced and densely structured, a new documentary retrieves Dulcie September from the confines of ‘forgotten apartheid hero’

  • Wilfred Okiche
3 min read
Freedom fighter: Dulcie September was shot dead outside the ANC offices in Paris in 1988. Her killer has never been identified.
AHMED TIMOL

The Portfolio: ‘Murder in Paris’ director Enver Samuel

Thirty-three years since Dulcie September’s assassination, a new documentary hopes to bring her name back into the public consciousness

  • Enver Samuel
4 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Soft targets: The killing of Olaf Palme and Dulcie September

What was behind the assassinations in the 1980s of two key anti-apartheid figures: Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, and senior ANC official, Dulcie September?

  • Raymond van Diemel
6 min read
Dulcie September was aware that she was in danger, but refused to obey orders from the ANC to leave France. (Robben Island/Mayibuye Archive)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Doccie asks why Dulcie was killed

Chipping away at the mystery around Dulcie September’s death may eventually reveal the truth

  • Lester Kiewit
5 min read
Transport minister Blade Nzimande has said that he believes the airport should “be named after one of our liberation icons who fought tirelessly against white supremacy and apartheid”.
BLADE NZIMANDE

Process underway to rename Cape Town International Airport

The airport will soon undergo a series of upgrades that could cost R7-billion in total with completion expected in 2021

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Dulcie would not have been satisfied spending her time on the photo opportunities
APARTHEID CRIMES

How to kill a school teacher

​In this extract from Incorruptible, Evelyn Groenink looks into the mysterious death of Dulcie September in 1988

  • Evelyn Groenink
6 min read
AZIZ PAHAD

September ‘shot for nuke secrets’

Aziz Pahad, has stated that anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September was assassinated 23 years ago because of her knowledge of nuclear military trade.

  • Ilham Rawoot
3 min read