Also noted: Allister Sparks, South African journalist who challenged apartheid: Sparks was the crusading editor of the Rand Daily Mail, the major voice of liberal opposition to the white Pretoria government and a champion of majority rule, when he revealed that apartheid opponent Steve Biko had been beaten to death by the police in 1977. His paper later exposed a secret … [Read more...] about Also noted: Allister Sparks, South African journalist who challenged apartheid