Phoenix conflagration came from the ashes of many past fires
‘The reracialisation implicit in government policies has become South Africa’s enemy within’
13 November 2022 - 00:00
Two months after clashes in Phoenix claimed 36 lives in July last year, Ashwin Desai visited the township north of Durban and found peace — or what he calls “normalised violence” — had been restored...
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