Forty years on: The silence beneath the water
13 April 2025 - 00:00
Purple ribbons tied to the fence flutter gently in the wind at Westdene Dam in Westdene, Johannesburg, their soft movement the only sound near a memorial stone etched with the names of the 42 children who died there on March 27 1985. ..
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