Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, November 25). Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070354

South African History Online (2011) 'Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in', South African History Online, 25 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070354 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070354, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in." South African History Online, 25 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070354. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in." South African History Online. November 25, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070354.