Human Rights Day 2022
Human Rights Day: Much to celebrate, much to bemoan
21 March 2022 - 09:39
Every March 21 I have bittersweet feelings. Sweet because the history of ordinary South Africans resisting the apartheid regime by refusing to carry passes giving them freedom to which they were entitled is evidence of black people’s resilience in the face of colonialism and apartheid...
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