Calvin Thusago is stabbed to death

Date: 23 Apr 1993
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Calvin Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way back from Sharpeville where they had filmed the desecration of Black graves by right-wing extremists. His colleague, Dudley Saunders, was also stabbed, but survived with serious injuries to his hands, arms and back. Members of the ANC Youth League turned over suspects in the killing to police the following day.

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01CPJ, Calvin Thusago, from Committee to Protect Journalists, [online], Available at cpj.org [Accessed: 23 April 2014]
02Ferriera, T., SA TV biz in shock after death of cameraman Dudley Saunders, from channel24, [online], Available at www.channel24.co.za [Accessed: 23 April 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Calvin Thusago is stabbed to death. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013090

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