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Revision as of 15:39, 21 August 2024
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rogers (March 29, 1931 - December 27, 2018.)
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Biography
Pat Rogers was born on March 29, 1931, in Ladybrand, Orange Free State, and died on December 27, 2018, in Somerset West. He was a pioneering television broadcaster who worked for the SABC TV service. He was one of four children, the oldest of whom was Bob, who became South Africa’s most highly decorated wartime pilot and the head of the South African Air Force. When the family moved to Johannesburg, Rogers went to school at Marist Brothers Observatory, where he flourished academically and at boxing, and after school he moved north to do a stint with the British South African Police, patrolling the Rhodesian bush on horseback.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Pat Rogers presented current affairs programmes such as Midweek and Agenda. After a conflict with SABC management he became a mouthpiece supporter of the National Party.
YEAR: Name of production.
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