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South Africa's biggest Elephant. It's complicated.

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March 19th 2015
Published: March 20th 2015
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[ ] My starting point. Before I arrived in South Africa I knew a few things about the place, especially that during the 60's 70's and 80's that the racist abomination called "apartheid" had dispossessed and enslaved the indigenous Africans plus all non-white citizens while empowering the whites to rule supreme over them. Their nightmare ended in 1994 when Nelson Mandela was freed fro... Read Full Entry



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Margaret Hinkson
MargaritaH
MargaritaH
Happily retired on a tropical island - life doesn't get better than this. Unless I'm traveling. ... full info
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23rd March 2015

Beverly
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Really enjoyed this blog immensely! Very insightful! Thanks Margaret!
23rd March 2015

MargaritaH
Margaret Hinkson

Getting serious
I had to get serious at some point as many of you were waiting for my observations.... I wanted to give a balanced view, and hope I did.

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