This was a circus, not a revolution — though it still had something to say

Picking through the debris of the week’s violence, we glimpse character, bravery, failures of leadership, crass opportunism, a desperate attempt to be heard

18 July 2021 - 00:00 By SIMON HOWELL

History, it is said, repeats itself. In SA, however, history does not merely make itself felt from time to time but rather seems to ceaselessly haunt the present. ..

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