Wietie controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1980
Apartheid censorship and forced closure
Wietie's first issue was seized by police in February 1980. Censors initially objected to language they considered obscene, including the word “fuck” in the story “Aunt Molly and the Girls,” and later banned the magazine as seditious. The action ended the publication's brief run.