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The Special Branch police arrested The World's editor, Percy Qoboza, and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste, in an operation to shut down the two Black publications.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The Special Branch police arrested The World's editor, Percy Qoboza, and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste, in an operation to shut down the two Black publications.
Field: action
Value: Qoboza and Klaaste arrested
About: incident 1977-south-africa-world-newspaper-banned-qoboza-detained
Source: Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
Publisher: South African History Online
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-10-17

Quotation from the source

The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste were arrested by the Special Branch police in a mission to shut down the two Black publications.