06-05-2019, 07:54 AM
South African anti-Apartheid journalist:
Raymond Louw (13 October 1926[1] – 5 June 2019) was a South African journalist, editor, and media commentator in South Africa. In 2011, he was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the Vienna-based International Press Institute. The award cited his "commitment to press freedom and his outspoken defence of journalists’ rights".[2]
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13 October 1926, Louw attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg. He was the second editor of the influential Rand Daily Mail and has received numerous awards and accolades for his services to journalism and media freedom in South Africa.[3][4]
He died on 5 June 2019 at the age of 92.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Louw
JOHANNESBURG - Veteran journalist Raymond Louw passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 93.
The multi-award winning journalist kicked off his career in 1946 when he joined the Rand Daily Mail.
He served as the general manager of the South Africa Associated Newspapers in 1977 and was also a founding member of the South African National Editors’ Forum.
Louw's cause of death is not yet known, but one of his close friends said he was recovering from a recent operation.
His friend and colleague Amina Frensee described him as an advocate for freedom of expression.
“He was very involved, despite his advanced age. He was absolutely exemplary in defending freedom of expression. He was an advocate in getting rid of all apartheid laws still in our statute books.”
https://ewn.co.za/2019/06/05/sa-veteran-...after-wife
Raymond Louw (13 October 1926[1] – 5 June 2019) was a South African journalist, editor, and media commentator in South Africa. In 2011, he was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the Vienna-based International Press Institute. The award cited his "commitment to press freedom and his outspoken defence of journalists’ rights".[2]
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13 October 1926, Louw attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg. He was the second editor of the influential Rand Daily Mail and has received numerous awards and accolades for his services to journalism and media freedom in South Africa.[3][4]
He died on 5 June 2019 at the age of 92.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Louw
JOHANNESBURG - Veteran journalist Raymond Louw passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 93.
The multi-award winning journalist kicked off his career in 1946 when he joined the Rand Daily Mail.
He served as the general manager of the South Africa Associated Newspapers in 1977 and was also a founding member of the South African National Editors’ Forum.
Louw's cause of death is not yet known, but one of his close friends said he was recovering from a recent operation.
His friend and colleague Amina Frensee described him as an advocate for freedom of expression.
“He was very involved, despite his advanced age. He was absolutely exemplary in defending freedom of expression. He was an advocate in getting rid of all apartheid laws still in our statute books.”
https://ewn.co.za/2019/06/05/sa-veteran-...after-wife
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.