Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins

Date: 19 Jul 1979
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins

Dr. E. Rhoodie was arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins. He would appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the receipt of extradition documents from the South African government. Rhoodie was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Information from 1972, while Dr Connie Mulder was Minister of the department. On 13 January 1979 the South African government froze the South African assets of Rhoodie following the Erasmus Commission's Report of 1978. The government is also reported to have seized secret funds deposited in private accounts outside the country.

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01South African History Online, ‘Eschel Rhoodie's assets frozen’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za
02O’Malley, P. ‘1979’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 01 July 2013)
03South African History Online, ‘Dr Eschel Mostert Rhoodie’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 01 July 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, July 12). Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096032

South African History Online (2013) 'Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins', South African History Online, 12 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096032 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

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"Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins." South African History Online, 12 July 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096032. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Dr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins." South African History Online. July 12, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096032.