Hendrik Verwoerd's killer a freedom fighter?
11 September 2016 - 02:00
A researcher based in Britain has spent most of the past decade working to rewrite part of South Africa's history.Harris Dousemetzis, a doctoral student at Durham University, said Dimitri Tsafendas - who assassinated prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd 50 years ago this week by stabbing him to death in parliament - faked his mental illness and should be honoured as a freedom fighter.
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