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I just spotted via a Tweet from @Sisiwami this new documentary coming out about one of my favourite cities in the world. And where I was born. And thank goodness its not made by an outsider.
Here’s the teaser. It’s called Unhinged and it looks interesting.

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It really tires me that one has to defend the racist morons of erstwhile Eugene Terreblance’s AWB. But we have a duty to be fair and even handed. We must be fair, because hate speech from whoever can never be justified. But besides the morality of it all – we must be fair else these [...]

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I wish I knew more about Fatima Meer, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes for the poor in South Africa. Sean’s Africa is a Country blog has a video and interview with her, as well as a few good links.

Do you see the future leadership coming from the poor?
FM: No, I can’t say that I [...]

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After Gavin Evan’s close escape he gets call ups. His low profile ended. Their ANC unit was broken up, and he worked individually from Harare, where he visited Brett Myrdal, and smuggled stuff back to SA. Gavin deals with the question of whether the ECC was an ANC organisation.
This was also the time of [...]

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Gavin Evans tells more about the launch of the ECC and it’s predecessor COSG. He talks about the tension between the Christian pacifist objectors and the young student radicals. He also talks about spy Rob Whitecross and the arrest of Carl Niehaus for plotting to blow up the Johannesburg gas works, and his own short [...]

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The battle against conscription to the SADF hots up, Gavin himself is sent to Johannesburg to campaign against conscription to the SADF there. This was because the ANC thought the pamphlet and other incidents in Cape Town (part 6) might expose him.
Gavin Evans and Janet Cherry were in the same underground ANC unit
Photo Gavin Evans.

This [...]

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The plot thickens. Chris Hani and Joe Jelle were opposed to NUSAS & Thabo Mbeki’s policy of strategic participation. Back in South Africa, Gavin and his new unit consisting of Richard Goode, and Janet Cherry had to communicate the ANC position that military service was not acceptable.
This was against the established position of NUSAS [...]

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