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Percy Qoboza

South African journalist (1938-1988) · South Africa · On the map · Journalists · Died at 50

Percy Peter Tshidiso Qoboza was an influential black South African journalist, author, and outspoken critic of the apartheid government in South Africa during the early periods of world recognition of the problems evident in the racially divided land.

Percy Qoboza is read about 3 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 15 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes2000
World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award1978

About this person

His eloquent editorials did much to challenge white South Africans who were shielded from the horrors of apartheid as experienced by millions of black South Africans at the hands of the minority government.

Country
South Africa
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 1988 · aged 50