Van Zyl Slabbert

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (1940 – 2010) [1] was a South African political analyst, businessman and politician. He is best known for having been the leader of the official opposition — the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) — in the House of Assembly from 1979 to 1986.

Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance

Usually referred to as Van Zyl Slabbert, he was a member of the Libertas Teaterklub in Stellenbosch while he was a student and later lecturer at Stellenbosch University. Among his appearances for them were in Die Ander Vuur an Afrikaans version of Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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