100: The Mandela Years : 2021 edition

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MANDELA – CONSTITUTIONAL GUARDIAN

A SINGLE CITIZENSHIP IN ONE UNDIVIDED SOUTH AFRICA By Solly Moeng

Mandela is regarded as the father of South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy, but many of us know that had he still been with us, the old man would admonish us for focusing only on the role that he played, insisting that he is just one of the fathers of our democracy, not the only one. He would also point out that our democracy has mothers, unsung heroines of the road South Africa had to travel in order to overcome the treacherous pain of apartheid. He would be correct on both counts.


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