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Dennis Cruywagen

Dennis Cruywagen is a journalist and the author of Brothers in War and Peace, and The Spiritual Mandela. He is an erstwhile spokesperson for the ANC and the recipient of two fellowships at Harvard University.

Latest Work

‘It was a war zone’ — National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams on the ‘gatvol’ moment he got into politics

PARTY CRASHER

4 August 2025

‘It was a war zone’ — National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams on the ‘gatvol’ moment he got into politics

By Dennis Cruywagen

6 min

Long journey from Kriefgat — Stellies soccer star Tylon Smith nets deal with UK’s Queens Park Rangers

LIFE-CHANGING DEAL

20 July 2025

Long journey from Kriefgat — Stellies soccer star Tylon Smith nets deal with UK’s Queens Park Rangers

By Dennis Cruywagen

5 min

Rashid Lombard — legendary photographer and jazz pioneer who forged greatness in the struggle

TRIBUTE

5 June 2025

Rashid Lombard — legendary photographer and jazz pioneer who forged greatness in the struggle

By Dennis Cruywagen

5 min

Down to a tea — how Stellies graduate brought us closer to an indigenous gel to protect against skin cancer

CUP OF PROMISE

30 March 2025

Down to a tea — how Stellies graduate brought us closer to an indigenous gel to protect against skin cancer

By Dennis Cruywagen

6 min

'My mother’s generation of grey-haired District Six evictees have almost all gone, with a missing piece of their hearts'

BULLDOZED REFLECTION

3 November 2024

'My mother’s generation of grey-haired District Six evictees have almost all gone, with a missing piece of their hearts'

By Dennis Cruywagen

6 min

OPINIONISTA

29 September 2024

I reject the racial construct ‘coloured’ and its stranglehold on people’s lives

By Dennis Cruywagen

6 min

Model rural school in Stellenbosch gets top marks for changing lives

HIGHER CALLING

24 June 2024

Model rural school in Stellenbosch gets top marks for changing lives

By Dennis Cruywagen

5 min

The peaceful departure of a soul – Nelson Mandela’s very last day

BOOK EXTRACT

18 December 2022

The peaceful departure of a soul – Nelson Mandela’s very last day

By Dennis Cruywagen

4 min

Safa’s Bennett Bailey recalls encounters with apartheid torturer Johannes ‘Spyker’ van Wyk

SPORTS HISTORY

27 November 2022

Safa’s Bennett Bailey recalls encounters with apartheid torturer Johannes ‘Spyker’ van Wyk

By Dennis Cruywagen

5 min

Basil David Kivedo – unbreakable Struggle hero who left ANC for DA after Zuma took power

TRIBUTE

26 October 2022

Basil David Kivedo – unbreakable Struggle hero who left ANC for DA after Zuma took power

By Dennis Cruywagen

4 min

Rainbow trialist still holds a torch for a new nation despite the betrayal of Struggle ideals

BOOK INTERVIEW

13 July 2022

Rainbow trialist still holds a torch for a new nation despite the betrayal of Struggle ideals

By Dennis Cruywagen

7 min

Grim parody of justice may finally be drawing to conclusion for Ashley Kriel's family

LEST WE FORGET

5 July 2022

Grim parody of justice may finally be drawing to conclusion for Ashley Kriel's family

By Dennis Cruywagen

6 min

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Latest Work

‘It was a war zone’ — National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams on the ‘gatvol’ moment he got into politics

Long journey from Kriefgat — Stellies soccer star Tylon Smith nets deal with UK’s Queens Park Rangers

Rashid Lombard — legendary photographer and jazz pioneer who forged greatness in the struggle

Down to a tea — how Stellies graduate brought us closer to an indigenous gel to protect against skin cancer

'My mother’s generation of grey-haired District Six evictees have almost all gone, with a missing piece of their hearts'

I reject the racial construct ‘coloured’ and its stranglehold on people’s lives

Model rural school in Stellenbosch gets top marks for changing lives

The peaceful departure of a soul – Nelson Mandela’s very last day

Safa’s Bennett Bailey recalls encounters with apartheid torturer Johannes ‘Spyker’ van Wyk

Basil David Kivedo – unbreakable Struggle hero who left ANC for DA after Zuma took power

Rainbow trialist still holds a torch for a new nation despite the betrayal of Struggle ideals

Grim parody of justice may finally be drawing to conclusion for Ashley Kriel's family