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“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

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A crowd of ANC supporters wait for Nelson Mandela on April 21, 1994 at a pre-election rally in Durban days before the historic democratic election on April 27, 1994 in South Africa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: TEC’s ‘guarantee for a better South Africa’ didn’t help seven murdered pamphlet distributors

The murders of even those engaged in non-party political promotion of the election came as opponents of the vote renewed their threats of a widening war

  • Des Erasmus
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