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On this day in history: ANC’s Dulcie September was assassinated in Paris

She was shot five times from behind with a 22 calibre silenced rifle. She was 52 years old.

On the morning of Tuesday, 29 March 1988, ANC anti-apartheid activist and representative in France, Luxembourg and Switzerland, Dulcie September, was assassinated outside the ANC’s Paris office at 28 Rue des Petites-Ecuries, as she was opening the office after collecting the mail.

Before her assassination, September had been investigating weapons deals between France and South Africa. Supposedly, this trafficking included nuclear materials.

Sergeant-Major Joseph Klue of the South African Defence Force became a possible suspect and the French were accused of complicity in the incident.

September by Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre composed a song for his 1988 Revolutions album named September, dedicated to Dulcie. The song was performed at his Destination Docklands concert at London’s Royal Victoria Dock in October 1988.

 

 

 

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