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Didiza of Tshwane: The face that launched a riot

William Saunderson-Meyer by William Saunderson-Meyer 25 June 201624 June 2016

#TshwaneUnrest. That’s the hashtag that South African twitter chose to bookmark the biggest, most sustained public violence in the 22 years since the advent of democracy. Unrest? It seems that there’s nothing like a well-worn euphemism to make one feel snug and safe in suburbia, while in Pretoria’s townships rioters loot and burn. Two dozen […]

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