BREAKING NEWS: Veteran journalist Allister Sparks has died
444 views · Published 19 September 2016 · 0:57 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: SABC News · 2016 · News & Politics
Award-winning veteran journalist, columnist and author, Allister Sparks, has died. Sparks' son, Michael, says he died at the Morningside Mediclinic in Sandton this morning. Sparks published his memoirs, "The Sword and the Pen", on his 83rd birthday in March this year. In May last year, he found himself at the centre of a social media storm after referring to apartheid architect Hendrik Verwoerd as one of the many "smart" politicians he'd met during his 64-year-long career. In the early 1990s, Sparks served on the SABC Board and was the public broadcaster's TV News editor-in-chief. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
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