full_name: Richard Albert David Turner
firstname: Richard Albert David
description: A political scientist at the University of Natal who was shot dead at his home in Durban on 8 January 1978. He had been banned since 1973 for his opposition to apartheid and had been repeatedly harassed by the Security Branch during the 1970s. His two young daughters were with him in the house at the time. The identity of the killer has never been established, but it is widely suspected to have been a member of the Security Branch. 