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The film Invictus, which deals with the tumultuous social and political background to South Africa's rugby team winning the 1995 World Cup on home ground, evoked strong memories for me, as does today's date. February 11 is the twentieth anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela.
I first arrived in South Africa when I was 12. My emigrated there from Glasgow. I lived under apartheid for all of my teenage years before coming home to avoid conscription into the South African army and for family reasons.See the full content of this document
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Sporting Victory Is a Triumph for Humanity
My home was a 15th-floor flat overlooking Table Bay; on one side, the view took in the beautiful Table Mountain and, on the other, the grotesque Robben Island, the rock of...
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