"NEVER AND NEVER AGAIN SHALL IT BE THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND WILL AGAIN EXPERIENCE THE OPPRESSION OF ONE BY ANOTHER."(Nelson Mandela) As I have wandered through different parts of South Africa, and my time has been relatively brief, I am overwhelmed by the imagery of Nelson Mandela everywhere I walk. Affectionately known as "Madiba", he truly has taken on a god-like status here, and after visiting some of the shocking and disturbing sites in both Johannesburg and Capetown, I can understand completely why he is held in such reverance. No country has a "clean" record and I will not judge or chastise South Africa for some of it's inhumane and appalling record of "human rights". After visiting the Slave Lodge in Capetown, which incidentally, was not a "lodge" by any standards, I was forced to see
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