Anton Lubowski

Anton Lubowski
Born Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski
February 3, 1952
Lüderitz, Namibia
Died September 12, 1989 (aged 37)
Windhoek, Namibia
Occupation Lawyer, Activist
Known for SWAPO activist
Spouse(s) Gabriele (Gaby)
Children Nadia and Almo

Notes

Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski (3 February 1952 – 12 September 1989) was a Namibian advocate and SWAPO member [2] assassinated by operatives of South Africa’s Civil Cooperation Bureau.[3]

Education and early life

Lubowski attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa. He then did a year of military training with the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, before attending Stellenbosch University for law and the University of Cape Town for a LLB.[4]

Assassination

In the evening of 12 September 1989, Lubowski was shot by a group of assailants in front of his house in Sanderburg Street in central Windhoek. He was hit by several shots from an AK-47 automatic rifle and died from a bullet wound to his head.[5]

In the media

The life of Anton Lubowski is described in a book written by his widow Gabrielle Lubowski in her self-published novel On Solid Ground.[6] Lubowski's assassination was processed in Bernhard Jaumann's novel The Hour of the Jackal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mokhatu, Imelda (21 September 2007). "18th anniversary of Anton Lubowski’s death passes unnoticed". Namibia Economist. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Who’s Who of Southern Africa". Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  3. ↑ Flanagan, Louise (31 Mar 1995). "Modise won't release MI's Lubowski files". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  4. ↑ Truth and Reconciliation Commission transcript 24 April 1996
  5. ↑ Lister, Gwen; Brown, Susan; Fleming, Derek (13 September 1989). "Anton Slain". The Namibian (2014 facsimile of the original title page). p. 1.
  6. ↑ Lubowski, Gabrielle (2011). On Solid Ground: One Woman's Search for Identity and the Truth. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1-4564-7529-1.
  7. ↑ Jaumann, Bernhrad (2011). The Hour of the Jackal. John Beaufoy. ISBN 978-1-9067-8042-5.