This is not how we reclaim blackness

Exposing fraud exposed Zimasa Matiwane to ugly attacks on social media

23 August 2020 - 00:00 By zimasa matiwane

Dear black people, we are not doing the black race any favours when we defend black people who do wrong. This is common sense, but on cyberbullying's ground zero, Twitter, vicious attacks are launched against anyone who dares uncover the side of blackness some pretend does not exist...

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