Insight 15.6.2019 11:32 am

A tribute to media freedom activist Raymond Louw

Anton Harber delivered the eulogy at the veteran journalists’s funeral. This is an edited version.

Veteran South African journalist Raymond Louw passed away at the age of 93. He was a former editor of the Rand Daily Mail newspaper and tireless press freedom campaigner and mentor.

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