About Piet Cillié
Lived 1917 – 1999 (aged 82). Piet Cillié was a South African journalist.
Petrus Johannes "Piet" Cillié (18 January 1917 – 20 October 1999) was a South African journalist and the editor of Die Burger from 1954 to 1977. He was strongly supportive of the National Party government and has been described as the "most influential thinker", alongside Hendrik Verwoerd, in the Afrikaner nationalist movement in the early decades of apartheid.
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Who was Piet Cillié?
South African journalist
When was Piet Cillié born?
Piet Cillié was born on 18 January 1917.
When did Piet Cillié die?
Piet Cillié died on 20 October 1999.
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Piet Cillié was a journalist.
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Piet Cillié was South African.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Piet Cillié. https://biography.guide/piet-cillie/
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