Clinging to the racist past only sabotages the dream of reconciliation

AfriForum's campaign to be allowed to display the old apartheid flag reflects nostalgia for a cruel past and indifference to the feelings of black South Africans

15 May 2022 - 00:02

Some years ago, a young white man calmly strolled into the African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina, where some church members were holding a prayer session. They welcomed him, offering him a Bible and a study sheet...

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