South Africa: Poet, Activist Sandile Dikeni Dies

10 November 2019

Renowned South African writer, activist and poet Sandile Dikeni has died. He was 53.

"I think Sandile for me was somebody who was able to reflect the mood of the nation in poetry in a way very few people would. He was an amazing poet, but also a truly remarkable human being," said Ryland Fisher, the former Cape Times editor who knew Dikeni since the 1980s.

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