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Inside an MK mother's hell in detention with her child
Umkhonto we Sizwe's Western Cape operatives Shirley Gunn describes her ordeal in detention after she was arrested
29 September 2019 - 00:00
The conditions were disgusting. The toilet was blocked and every time I flushed it, excrement rose out of the bowl and flooded the floor. It was midwinter and freezing. The policewoman guarding me sat in the passage on the other side of the yard and our hospital-style metal bed was positioned in line with the open door so she could observe us...
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