She was shot at close range in Paris on March 29, 1988. Dulcie September, an ANC activist, Nelson Mandela’s movement, investigated French arms sales to Africa at the time. South, in the midst of apartheid and in violation of the international embargo.
The South African regime is suspected of the murder, but French justice rejected the case.
On Saturday, December 29, the president of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Sello Hartang, took advantage of Emmanuel Macron’s visit to challenge him on this subject.
Here is the little exhibition we did about Dulcie September, who as you know was killed in France. We wrote to the French government on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and asked the government to reopen the file on his murder. We wrote three or four months ago, but we have not yet received an answer.
“We will look at this,” replied Emmanuel Macron. The French President’s entourage confirms that a request has been made to reopen certain archives in the act and that the request will be examined without further action.
In January 2020, the Attorney General in Paris announced by administrative decision the refusal to resume the case of the murder of the opponent of the apartheid regime.
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