By Khanyisa Tabata
18 July 2011
Apartheid-era Defence Minister Magnus Malan has died.
Malan’s family says the 79-year-old died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning.
He had been chief of the SA Defence Force in 1976 and Defence Minister from 1980 to 1991.
He is survived by his wife of 49-years, Margrietha Johanna van der Walt, three children and nine grandchildren.
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