Synopsis
Journalist and outspoken critic of the apartheid regime
First name
Percy
Last name
Qoboza
Date of birth
17 January 1938
Date of death
17 January 1988
Qoboza was born on 17 January 1938. He grew up in Sophiatown, which was a hybrid township of cinemas, shebeens, jazz dens, political meetings and “tsotsi” gangsters. He initially went to Lesotho and studied in the field of theology, but became involved in journalism after joining the staff of The World and Weekend World in 1963.