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George bizos

Proposal to rename Gillooly's Interchange after George Bizos gains traction

By Bernadette Wicks

The City of Ekurhuleni first announced plans to move for the renaming of Gillooly's Interchange the busiest in South Africa and, it's believed, the entire...

  • ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman. Picture: @chadwickboseman/Instagram.

    A year of losses: High-profile deaths in 2020

    Jobs were lost due to the effects of COVID-19, people’s health took a toll, and many lost family members, friends and even celebrities who they loved.

    585 days ago
  • FILE: A young school girl waves a little South African flag on 16 June (Youth Day). Picture: EWN

    JUDITH FEBRUARY: What does it mean to be South African?

    Perpetual uncomfortable reckoning awaits us and we will need to ask afresh what it means to be South African in this place of many stories, writes Judith February.

    678 days ago
  • President Cyirl Ramaphosa delivers the eulogy at the funeral of human rights lawyer Advocate George Bizos on 17 September 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa: SA laws must continue to provide protection for most vulnerable

    President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy at late human rights lawyer Advocate George Bizos' funeral on Thursday.

    689 days ago
  • 'Madiba is waiting to welcome you' - George Bizos laid to rest

    A special state funeral was held for the late advocate George Bizos at the Greek Orthodox Church in Hillbrow. He was laid to rest at Westpark Cemetery.

    690 days ago
  • Ramaphosa on Bizos: A son of the soil - not born of it, but was the soil itself

    President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to late advocate George Bizos at at the Greek Orthodox Church in Hillbrow. He was laid to rest at Westpark Cemetery.

    690 days ago
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    ‘Falling of a great tree’: Ramaphosa pays respect to late George Bizos

    Ramaphosa has been speaking at the human rights lawyer's special official funeral.

    690 days ago
  • A portrait of human rights activist George Bizos can be seen at his funeral service at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg on 17 September 2020. Picture: GCIS

    GALLERY: Family, friends, dignitaries bid farewell to George Bizos

    World-renowned human rights activist George Bizos died last week at the age of 92. His funeral service was held at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg and his burial at the Westpark Cemetery in Randburg.

    690 days ago
  • Preparations under way for the funeral of human rights activist George Bizos at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg on 17 September 2020. Picture: GCIS

    WATCH LIVE: SA bids farewell to human rights champion George Bizos

    World-renowned human rights activist George Bizos will be laid to rest today at the Westpark Cemetery in Randburg. Bizos died last week at the age of 92. His final send-off is set to begin at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg.

    690 days ago
  • FILE: Human rights lawyer George Bizos at the soil turning ceremony at Nelson Mandela’s former home in Houghton, which will be turned into a boutique hotel. Picture: EWN

    Late human rights activist George Bizos to be laid to rest today

    Bizos died last week at the age of 92. His final send-off is set to begin at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg.

    690 days ago
  • George Bizos.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    George Bizos’ funeral to take place at Greek Orthodox Church on Thursday

    The funeral service will take place at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg on Thursday from 11 am.

    692 days ago
  • George Bizos.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Ramaphosa honours late George Bizos with special official category 1 funeral

    A renowned lawyer and struggle hero, Bizos passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92.

    695 days ago
  • FILE: Human rights lawyer George Bizos at the soil turning ceremony at Nelson Mandela’s former home in Houghton, which will be turned into a boutique hotel. Picture: EWN

    Remembering Bizos: ‘Uncle George’, a lion-hearted man and an excellent human

    Tributes have continued to pour in for the late George Bizos who died at the age of 92 on Wednesday. Thuli Madonsela, Zack Yaccoob, Edwin Cameron and Zelda le Grange have shared their memories of him.

    696 days ago
  • George Bizos.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Freedom Under Law: Bizos showed SA that the law could be humane, principled

    The organisation is among the countless rights groups and foundations that are remembering the human rights veteran on Thursday.

    697 days ago
  • FILE: Human rights lawyer George Bizos attended a memorial briefing for struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada at the Nelson Mandela foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg on 28 March 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Primedia honours the late George Bizos

    Primedia Broadcasting acting CEO Geraint Crwys-Williams thanked the late human rights lawyer for his contribution to the creation of a democratic South Africa.

    697 days ago
  • George Bizos.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    George Bizos felt he had to help those who suffered injustice - son

    The 92-year-old human rights' veteran died on Wednesday.

    697 days ago
  • FILE: Veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos passed away on 9 September, aged 92. Picture: EWN

    Late George Bizos remembered as human rights crusader and legal powerhouse

    President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said that South Africa was poorer without Bizos.

    697 days ago
  • Ramaphosa: George Bizos was one of the architects of our Constitution

    President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts to the passing of George Bizos during a media briefing with Sanef on Wednesday, 9 September 2020. #Ramaphosa #Sanef #GeorgeBizos

    697 days ago
  • George Bizos. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Renowned human rights lawyer George Bizos dies

    George Bizos played a pivotal role in South Africa's democracy, and is one of the founding fathers of the coutry's Constitution.

    698 days ago
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