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Oscar: A South African tragedy

Sarah Britten by Sarah Britten 14 February 201318 February 2013

I first knew about it after seeing this tweet: That’s how it usually happens, now, with news stories. I felt ill. Like I’d been kicked in the gut. Partly because of the shock of it. Oscar Pistorius, of all people! Because an innocent person died, because it was an accident, because nobody should ever have […]

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E-tolls: Walking is, well, the way forward

Hansie Smit by Hansie Smit 24 April 201224 April 2012

I sincerely hope Cosatu marches those e-toll gates back into the earth where they came from next week. I really do. If there is one protest specialist capable of pulling it off it’s Zwelinzima Vavi and his red army. But I don’t think they’ll succeed. Not even with two million people. Looking at the size […]

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