14 Facts About Heidi Holland

Heidi Holland, known as Heidi Hull, was a South African journalist and author who had been involved in the journalism industry for over 30 years.

Heidi Holland edited Illustrated Life Rhodesia, worked as a freelance writer on publications such as The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and The Guardian, and had worked on research projects for British television documentaries.

Heidi Holland was the author of various books, such as Dinner with Mugabe, an account of her meetings with Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe.

Heidi Holland released a book based on the history of South Africa's ruling party, The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress.

Heidi Holland was found dead of an apparent suicide at her home near Johannesburg.

Heidi Holland was born in Johannesburg in 1947, the daughter of a British father and a Swiss mother.

Heidi Holland had a son, called Nick, with her second husband, George Patrikios, a surgeon.

Heidi Holland looks at his relationships with those such as his first wife, Sally; Lord Soames, the last British Governor; Denis Norman, a white farmer who held several portfolios in his early governments as well as with Ian Smith, the last Prime Minister of Rhodesia.

In 2006, Heidi Holland released a South Africa-based true crime investigation of racism and violence in The Colour of Murder: One Family's Horror Exposes a Nation's Anguish.

Heidi Holland focuses on the patriarch Louis van Schoor, a former East London security guard who is alleged to have shot over a hundred black people during apartheid.

Heidi Holland explores the peaceful and violent protestations of the political party against racial discrimination.

Heidi Holland looks at the communist ties of the party as well as the roots of apartheid ideology.

In May 2009, Heidi Holland was embroiled in a row with the leader of South Africa's largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.

Heidi Holland criticized comments made by Helen Zille about the president, Jacob Zuma, in the article "A disservice to white citizens", published by The Star on 21 May 2009.