Pogrund was a reporter at the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960 . He was author of a 1965 series on beating and torture of black inmates and maltreatment of white political prisoners based on a series of interviews with Harold Strachan . During his career reporting on apartheid in South Africa he was put on trial several times , put in prison once , had his passport revoked and was investigated as a threat to the state by security police
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Benjamin Pogrund