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June 16 was the invoice for our democracy — 50 years on, it remains unpaid

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By Mark Heywood
| Daily Maverick Verified
This article is an Opinion, which presents the writer’s personal point of view. The views expressed are those of the author/authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Daily Maverick. The road to 27 April 1994, Freedom Day in South Africa, started on the dusty streets of Soweto on 16 June 1976. Had Hector Pieterson not been shot dead that morning he would be a relatively young 62 today.
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South Africa: Have a Heart for Those Fellow Africans Now Desperately Fleeing Our Country

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By Mark Heywood
| AllAfrica
opinion Most people from other African countries are not here because they want to be, but because their countries have been ruined by corrupt elites. Turning our anger on them instead of those elites is the most inhumane and cowardly thing to do. A sad thing happened to me on the way to work. Last week, I was driving in Northcliff, a residential upper-middle class suburb of Johannesburg, when I was flagged down by a middle-aged man, probably about 45. I'm not sure why I stopped.
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Have a heart for those fellow Africans now desperately fleeing our country

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By Mark Heywood
| Daily Maverick Verified
This article is an Opinion, which presents the writer’s personal point of view. The views expressed are those of the author/authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Daily Maverick. Most people from other African countries are not here because they want to be, but because their countries have been ruined by corrupt elites. Turning our anger on them instead of those elites is the most inhumane and cowardly thing to do.
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