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Posted inEquality, General, News/Politics

Let Zille wear her doek in peace

Melo Magolego by Melo Magolego 18 March 201427 March 2014

Twitter and Facebook have given armchair activists access to audiences previously only reachable from standing on crates at political rallies. The newest cause for outrage has been Helen Zille wearing a doek and posing with drie-voet pots. Her pose is reminiscent of black women cooking at a wedding or funeral. The outrage is much a […]

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