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Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police

Date
22 Nov 1977
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police

Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News surrendered to police after he heard they were looking for him. Khuzwayo brought with him a lawyer who asked the police to note that he was fully fit as per a medical examination. He was released on Feb 22 1978.     Eight days later, the security police arrested 28 black journalists and 1 white photographer during demonstrations in protest against the detention without trial of at least 7 black journalists. The journalists arrested included; Mike Ndlazi of the Rand Daily Mail and Barry Levy reporter of the Sunday Express. They were charged with protesting (under the Riotous Assemblies Act) and were released the next day on bail of R50 each.

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How we know this

  1. 01O’Malley P. ‘1977’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za  (Accessed: 10 October 2012)
  2. 02FXI, ‘Actions against journalists in South Africa between 1960 and 1994’, [online], available www.fxi.org.za (Accessed: 10 October 2012)
  3. 03CQ University, (2011), ‘New book talks about a land of limbo’, [online], available at uninews.cqu.edu.au (Accessed: 10 October 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2012, November 14). Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094202

South African History Online (2012) 'Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police', South African History Online, 14 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094202 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094202, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police." South African History Online, 14 Nov. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094202. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police." South African History Online. November 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094202.

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