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From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza
Dissertation (MSocSci (History))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89238 From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza Paleker, Gairoonisa u17052522@tuks.co.za Lotter, Duncan Rudolf Biography South African journalism The World Newspaper Percy Qoboza City Press UCTD Dissertation (MSocSci (History))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This dissertation is an intellectual biography of one of South Africa’s most renowned journalists, Percy Qoboza. Qoboza grew up in the culturally vibrant suburb of Sophiatown and attended the Anglican mission school, St Cyprian’s. The latter of these two seemed to dominate his early beliefs as he initially embarked on studies in theology in Lesotho before returning to South Africa and becoming involved in politics. It was this political involvement that led Qoboza to land a job at The World newspaper, subsequently rising to the position of editor in 1974. Qoboza would then go on to spend nine months at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. Qoboza returned before two significant events occurred in South African history, the Soweto Uprising in 1976 and the death of Steve Biko in 1977. His reportage of these two events landed him in jail and his newspaper was banned. Following his release in 1978, Qoboza was appointed as editor of the Post Transvaal, a position he would hold until he left South Africa again in 1980, taking up the position of guest editor of the Washington Star. Qoboza returned to South Africa in 1984 as the associate editor of the City Press rising to the position of editor a year later, a position he would hold until his untimely death in 1988. This dissertation trace’s Qoboza’s intellectual development, and argues that his intellectual and political development were shaped by specific markers and events in South Africa. More importantly, the dissertation argues that his intellectual and political development went from moderate engagement with the apartheid government to severe and harsh criticism as apartheid became more entrenched and oppressive. This shift was also shaped by both domestic and global reactions to apartheid. Historical and Heritage Studies MSocSci (History) Unrestricted 2023-02-07T12:31:21Z 2023-02-07T12:31:21Z 2023 2022 Dissertation * A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89238 10.25403/UPresearchdata.21968081 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Biography South African journalism The World Newspaper Percy Qoboza City Press UCTD From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title | From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title_full | From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title_fullStr | From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title_full_unstemmed | From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title_short | From 'Percy’s Pitch' to 'Percy’s Itch' : An intellectual biography of Percy Qoboza |
| title_sort | from percy s pitch to percy s itch an intellectual biography of percy qoboza |
| topic | Biography South African journalism The World Newspaper Percy Qoboza City Press UCTD |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89238 |