Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the South Africa Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
An Afrikaans poet and painter who was jailed for seven years in the 1970s and 1980s for his opposition to apartheid.
His prison memoir, The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist, is one of the great books of the period. He died in 2024.
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