1988 in South Africa

Deaths

Queen Nolitha of Ixhiba, the 4th wife of Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu dies
8 January – Jacob Molokwane, an activist, is shot dead in his car in Francistown, Botswana
17 January – Percy Qoboza, journalist, author and critic of the apartheid government, dies on his 50th birthday after a short illness
29 January – Linda Brakvis, a United Democratic Front member, is found stabbed 3 days after her release from detention
29 March – Dulcie September, is assassinated in Paris
12 April – Alan Paton dies in his home near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

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