Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat
Haigh’s name to be added to Wall of Names at Freedom Park in Pretoria, alongside former Australian PMs Bob Hawke and Malcolm FraserGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh would rightly be proud of his inclusion on South Africa’s Wall of Names at the country’s Freedom Park, honouring those who resisted apartheid.But the many who knew and loved Haigh, one of Australia’s least conventional but more effective and fearless diplomats, suspect he might also have been somewhat bemused that his name was being added to the wall on Friday at the same time as those of the former prime ministers Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser. Continue reading...
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Haigh’s name to be added to Wall of Names at Freedom Park in Pretoria, alongside former Australian PMs Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser
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The former Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh would rightly be proud of his inclusion on South Africa’s Wall of Names at the country’s Freedom Park, honouring those who resisted apartheid.
But the many who knew and loved Haigh, one of Australia’s least conventional but more effective and fearless diplomats, suspect he might also have been somewhat bemused that his name was being added to the wall on Friday at the same time as those of the former prime ministers Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser.
Continue reading...
