In “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works, bearing witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered vision of the realities of apartheid South Africa.

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including 'The Road to Mecca,' and 'Boesman and Lena' died on Saturday. He was 92.

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays challenging the racist system of apartheid.