dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z hiː wʌz mˈɛmbɚɹ əvə ɡɹˈuːp ʌv ˈæfɹɪkˌɑːnz ɹˈaɪɾɚz sˈiːkɹᵻtli mˈiːɾɪŋ ðə bˈænd ˌeɪˌɛnsˈiː ʌv mændˈɛlə ænd ˈɛɡzaɪld ɹˈaɪɾɚz æt ðə nˈaʊ fˈeɪməs
During the 1980s he was member of a group of Afrikaans writers secretly meeting the banned ANC of Mandela and exiled writers at the (now famous)