'It felt like SA’s law going up in smoke'- Inside the fight to save parliament
His first time in parliament — and he was battling to save it
09 January 2022 - 00:00
Cape Town firefighter Roderick Gubielo had a literal baptism of fire during the devastating conflagration of 2017 in Knysna. But even that could not have prepared the 27-year-old for the battle to save parliament...
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