Neroli Price | Maverick Life | 29 May 2020 These podcasts pay homage to two women who stood up for what they believed in and paid with their life for uncovering the truth. Dulcie September and Daphne Caruana Galizia were from different countries and different eras, but they both stood up for what they believed…
Gushwell and Mamello Mosiana from Open Secrets look in to the life and legacy of the anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September who remains the only high ranking activist who died in exile, following their podcast series about the murder of Dulcie’s life “They Killed Dulcie”.
The final episode of They Killed Dulcie takes a critical look at what happened to the investigations of Dulcie September’s murder. So pervasive is the impunity for the economic crimes that sustained apartheid, that Dulcie September’s tenacious struggle for freedom was abruptly ended without redress. Why were victims like Dulcie forgotten, and why were the…
Sound Africa’s Rasmus Bitsch talks to 702’s Lester Kiewit about the last episode of They Killed Dulcie: Impunity.
In this episode, we unveil the murky world behind the Danish shipping industry’s pristine façade. In Dulcie’s handwritten notes, Danish ships and companies are exposed as integral to the apartheid regime’s arms money machinery. We tell the story of these companies, and their extensive role in arming the apartheid regime in contravention of UN sanctions.…
Dulcie September’s life was shaped by struggle against injustice. As a freedom fighter, she boldly confronted gender based discrimination, even amongst her allies. In this episode we take a deeper look at the discrimination Dulcie September’s faced and reflect on the experiences of women in the struggle for South Africa’s freedom. We hear from…
For almost two decades starting in the 1970’s the South African embassy in Paris was the centre of a large-scale sanctions busting operation. It was connected to the arms dealers, spies and banks that formed part of the arms money machine. In episode five They Killed Dulcie, we find out if this top secret operation…
In the fourth episode of the podcast They Killed Dulcie, the time has come to look at the evidence. What was Dulcie investigating when she was killed? We dust off archival documents found by Open Secrets that provide important clues. If Dulcie was trying to expose the illicit arms trade connecting South Africa and countries…
Sound Africa’s Rasmus Bitsch talks to Lester Kiewit about the fourth episode of They Killed Dulcie, Prisons of the Past.
In the third episode of “They Killed Dulcie,” we delve into the world of informants and double agents and how the apartheid security forces used them to infiltrate the liberation movements in South Africa and abroad. It remains a sensitive topic in South African politics today – some comrades were also collaborators. Following the assassination…
