Into the Horner nest: all eyes on Senekal as racial tensions simmer

Events in the town show South Africans are still divided because of our past, says President Cyril Ramaphosa

12 October 2020 - 20:11 By Andisiwe Makinana, Iavan Pijoos and Unathi Nkanjeni

Until earlier this month, Senekal would hardly feature in the South African discourse. Now, the Free State farming town, with its official Stats SA recorded population (http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=4286&id=7159) of just more than 3,500 people, stands emblematic of the country’s simmering racial tensions...

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