John Wiley
 John Wiley  (politician) | |
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| Died | March 1987 |
Cause of death | gunshot |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town, Oxford University |
| Children | Mark Wiley |
| Victim of | premature death |
A South African politician whose death would later lead to VIPaedophile allegations. | |
John W. E. Wiley was a South African politician. He was found dead aged 60 "with a bullet wound in his right temple and a .32-caliber pistol at his side".[1][2]
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Background
Wiley got his first degree at the University of Cape Town and later received an honours in law at Oxford University.
Career
South African Party
In 1977 Wiley founded the South African Party.
Disbanding
On 13 June 1980, Wiley announced that his party, SAP, was disbanding and that its three MPs were joining the ruling South African National Party.[3] Wiley was Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in P.W. Botha's government, and was the only cabinet minister of English descent, until his death in 1987 of a gunshot wound to the head. Wiley's death remains an unsolved case, although suicide had not been ruled out.[4]
Sudden death
In March 1987 Wiley was found dead, aged 60, "with a bullet wound in his right temple and a .32-caliber pistol at his side". The Los Angeles Times termed it an "apparent suicide".[1] Although he had a "well-known penchant for constantly writing notes", a suicide note was never found.[5]
Response
Skepticism about Wiley's death inspired Chris Steyn to investigate VIPaedophile networks at the top of the last apartheid government. He co-authored The Lost Boys of Bird Island with Mark Minnie on this subject. Minnie was himself shot dead 9 days after the book was published, also officially declared a suicide.
Suppression?
A South African law suit forced Media24, the publisher of the book "The Lost Boys of Bird Island" to pay out "a multi-million-rand compensation for the pain and suffering caused by the false allegations contained in the book."[6] "At the time and for the next 30 years at various intervals the media has sensationalised the tragedy and made outrageous and unfounded allegations about John Wiley and the events leading to and surrounding his death."[7]
References
- ↑ a b https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-30-mn-598-story.html
- ↑ https://www.thelostboysofbirdisland.co.za/john-wiley-ministers.html
- ↑ http://www.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv01538/04lv01539/05lv01573/06lv01574.htm
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gi41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=1314,7206566&dq=john-wiley+south+africa&hl=en}
- ↑ https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/the-lost-boys-of-bird-island-fear-suspicion-and-unanswered-questions-16503541
- ↑ https://www.thelostboysofbirdisland.co.za/the-settlement.html
- ↑ https://www.thelostboysofbirdisland.co.za/john-wiley.html
