A champion of human rights, he represented his client and friend in the so-called Rivonia trial of leaders of the African National Congress in the 1960s.
Author: ALAN COWELL
Nyameka Goniwe, 69, Dies; Sought Justice in Her Husband’s Killing
Her family became a target of South Africa’s security police, facing “constant surveillance, death threats, phone bugging,” but she fought on.
John Hume, Nobel Laureate for Work in Northern Ireland, Dies at 83
The politician’s campaign for peace was seen as a driving force behind an end to 25 years of sectarian conflict in the territory.
Andrew Mlangeni, Ally of Mandela in Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Dies at 95
He was a convicted co-defendant with Mr. Mandela at the Rivonia Trial of 1964, which exposed to the world the injustices of South Africa’s segregationist policies.
Denis Goldberg, South African Freedom Fighter, Is Dead at 87
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Sol Kerzner, South African Casino Tycoon, Is Dead at 84
His Sun City resort let black and white people mingle in the apartheid era, but some saw it as an emblem of all that was wrong with that racial system.
Mugabe’s Reign Began With Bob Marley and Good Schools. Despotism Soon Followed.
Robert Mugabe transformed from a hero of Africa’s liberation — and a self-proclaimed champion of universal suffrage — into a tyrant. Our writer was there at the start.
Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95
Until 2017, he was the only leader his country had known since independence in 1980. He presided over its long decline.
In Hammarskjold’s Native Sweden, Hint of State Secrets Linked to His 1961 Death
A prominent Swedish researcher examining the mystery of the United Nations Secretary General’s 1961 plane crash has been denied access to some government archives.
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time
As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.