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Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara'

Witness by BBC

Aug 5, 202610:09Society & Culture

In the 1980s, townships in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town became an unexpected hotbed of activity against South Africa's apartheid government. One charismatic young activist emerged as a leader of the struggle against...

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Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara' is an episode from Witness by BBC. In the 1980s, townships in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town became an unexpected hotbed of activity against South Africa's apartheid government. On...

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