Albert Tertius Myburgh (26 December 1936 – 2 December 1990) was a South African journalist and editor, best known as editor of the ''

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Beeld. 3 December 1990

Background

Myburgh was the son of Albert Lambert Myburgh. He was educated at

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in King William's Town in the

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and later studied at the University of Cape Town. Between 1965-1966, he was a Nieman Fellow of journalism at Harvard UniversityClass of 1966
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved on 23 May 2013 in Massachusetts, United States. In the United States he specialized in the fields of politics, economics and foreign affairs.

Career

Myburgh's began his career at ''The Friend'' newspaper in Bloemfontein followed by two years working at the London office of the Argus newspaper group. He later returned to South Africa and became political and parliamentary reporter for '' The Star'' in Johannesburg in 1963. In 1967 he became assistant editor of the '' Daily News''. Between 1971 and March 1975 he served as editor of the

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and in April 1975 became editor of the largest newspaper in South Africa, The ''

''. Myburgh was also published by international titles, as a South African associate for the '' New York Times'' and '' Time''. He also contributed to the '' Christian Science Monitor'', the '' Financial Times'' and the ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Myburgh, Tert 1936 births 1990 deaths South African journalists White South African people University of Cape Town alumni People from the Eastern Cape Nieman Fellows 20th-century journalists