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Bruce Douglas Haigh (6 August 1945 – 7 April 2023) was an Australian political commentator and diplomat. He joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1972 and served in South Africa. [1] [2]
Apr 23, 2023 · Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who brushed aside the protocols of his profession to offer covert support to anti-apartheid figures in South Africa, including the banned newspaper...
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Haigh befriended a young leader on the rise in anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and famously helped to smuggle political journalist Donald Woods out of the country, a feat immortalised in the 1987 film Cry Freedom. "[Biko] just had that indefinable and very strong presence of leadership. If he lived I think he would have been the leader of South ...
Haigh's battle for the underdog continued when he was appointed a member of the Refugee Review Tribunal in 1995. "He did a lot of good on that tribunal and he helped a lot of worthy cases get refugee status," said friend Tony Kevin. Haigh became a commentator on Australia's place in the world, often appearing on The Drum on ABC TV and writing for m...
Haigh was a passionate family man with two sons to his first wife Libby and two daughters to his second wife Jodie. He lived in Mudgee and Orange in the NSW Central West, before embarking on a new chapter of his life, packing up his possessions and moving on to South-East Asia. But the return of an earlier bout of cancer stymied those plans. His si...
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Apr 8, 2023 · Bruce Haigh, the retired Australian diplomat who served in South Africa and helped anti-apartheid activists, died in Wollongong on Good Friday after battling cancer. He was 77.
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Apr 13, 2023 · Bruce Haigh, a trailblazing Australian diplomat highlighted in Richard Attenborough’s movie Cry Freedom for helping banned former Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods to escape South Africa, died...
Apr 10, 2023 · Bruce Haigh, who died in Wollongong on Good Friday, was as big-hearted as he was big-minded. He worked tirelessly to improve the reach and impact of public policy, especially Australia’s foreign and defence policy.
Apr 12, 2023 · Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who defied South African authorities during apartheid to help a banned journalist flee the country, an escape recounted in the 1987 film “Cry Freedom,” died...
