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Published August 18, 2022Updated August 18, 2022

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Krishna Rabilal
Born: November 6, 1952
Died: January 30, 1981 in Matola, Mozambique (Assassinated by the South African Defence Force (SADF))

Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN).

A quiet and unassuming person, Rabilal was a brilliant student, excelling in both mathematics and physical science. He hated the Afrikaans language, calling it the language of the oppressor. He felt so strongly about this that he refused to study Afrikaans on principle.

To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to establish how much of the country’s recent history people in the country still remember.

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