Claim

Claim 813

Aggrey Klaaste recalled that police came to his home in Meadowlands on the morning of October 19, 1977, to read him a notice of his detention.

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

Statement: Aggrey Klaaste recalled that police came to his home in Meadowlands on the morning of October 19, 1977, to read him a notice of his detention.
Field: journalist_affected
Value: Klaaste's account of his arrest
About: incident 1977-south-africa-world-newspaper-banned-qoboza-detained
Source: Lessons from Black Wednesday, by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
Publisher: South African History Online
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-10-18

Quotation from the source

They came to my home in Meadowlands, the morning of the 19th, complaining bitterly that we had given them, the police, sleepless nights.