Prof. Ben Marais, one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), died aged 89 in Pretoria. In 1998 Marais suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.
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27 January 1999
Prof. Ben Marais dies
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
- 02Maritz, P.J, (2003), short synopsis on Ben Marais Life, from University of Pretoria, [online], Available at upetd.up.ac.za [Accessed: 08 January 2014],>
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