Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police

The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste were arrested by the Special Branch police in a mission to shut down the two Black publications. Qoboza and Klaaste spent five months in solitary confinement after being led straight to their cells - in their suits and ties - from the newspapers' building.

Journalists such as Mathatha Tsedu, Joe Tlholoe, Don Materra and many others were detained and handed down 5 year banning orders upon their release.

How we know this

01O’Malley, P. ‘1977’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 28 September 2013)
02Molefe, T. (2007) ‘Parallels to fateful day inevitable now that government is tightening screws’, from Sowetan Live, 17 October, [online], available at www.sowetanlive.co.za (accessed: 27 September 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, October 17). Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096530

South African History Online (2013) 'Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police', South African History Online, 17 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096530 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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"Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police." South African History Online, 17 Oct. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096530. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police." South African History Online. October 17, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096530.