Talk:Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

Contesting Priority
Frederick van Zyl Slabbert is an important historical figure who was involved in fighting Apartheid in South Africa. Thus, he is not of 'low' importance. --Cazo3788 06:49, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above remark; FVS must rank as the most influential opposition politician in SA in the last 30 years if we consider the enormous impact he had on changing government policy. If FVS had not been born, there would have been no Dakar Conference, and CODESA may not have happened, and the SA of today would look a lot different to what is does. So, FVS has played a large role in shaping the history of SA, and his biographical article is important for this reason.Eccohomo (talk) 09:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Son's Child
I don't consider that the relationship between Slabbert's son and the mother of his child is at all relevant to this article. I'm going to remove it, but if other people can justify its inclusion, I won't object. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.72.109.187 (talk) 23:38, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

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Punctuation
This politician's surname was NOT 'Slabbert', in much the same way that David Lloyd George's surname was NOT 'George'. FVS had a double barreled surname. I have changed all references in this article to reflect this fact.Eccohomo (talk) 09:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I have now confirmed with a friend of the family that Van Zyl was one of Slabbert's first names. This means that (in Afrikaans usage) it always takes an upper-case V.  It is true that he is often referred to as Van Zyl Slabbert, but many of his friends and associates (and some family members) called him Van Zyl (or just Van - English pronunciation) while some stuck to Fred.  I changed the cases where Frederik is not used, from Van Zyl Slabbert to Slabbert, so as not to perpetuate the mistaken impression that he had a double surname.Teachalakazi (talk) 05:23, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

References added
I have added references to this articleEccohomo (talk) 09:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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