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Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated

Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated

Date
1 May 1989
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated

David Webster, a social anthropologist at the University of the Witwatersrand and an anti-apartheid activist is shot dead by apartheid security forces. Ferdi Barnard was accused of killing him. David Webster was assassinated outside his home in Johannesburg.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012812

South African History Online (2011) 'Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012812 (Accessed: 12 August 2026).

South African History Online, Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012812, (accessed 12 August 2026).

"Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012812. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Anti-apartheid activist Dr. David Webster is assassinated." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012812.

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