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Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert – "Van", as he was known among friends and colleagues – was one of South Africa's finest political brains. He has died at the age of 70 after suffering what are believed to ...

Former South African opposition leader Frederik van Zyl Slabbert is gone but not forgotten — and a new biography by Albert Grundlingh is reinvigorating interest in the maverick politician. Described ...

"Politics inevitably involves the compromise of one's sense of personal integrity. One reason for politics being called the art of the possible is because politicians have to justify their compromises ...

Johannesburg - Former opposition leader and political analyst Frederik van Zyl Slabbert died at home in Johannesburg on Friday morning, his daughter Tania said. "He died peacefully, with his family," ...

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, who died on May 14 aged 70, was one of the architects of South Africa's transition from apartheid and a noted writer on its politics and sociology. 16 May 2010 • 6:04pm ...

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