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30/12/2024

After absorbing the lyrically beautiful and profound but chilling “Human Acts” and “At Night All Blood is Black“, I turned to “The Near North” for a respite before delving into the “Seven Moons“. While welcomed, it was at first surprisingly out of place and came across as piddling, trivial, almost irrelevant. I persevered, desperately needing a diversion. If only, to better absorb the trauma and themes hidden in Kang and Diop’s stories.

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by Fazel Mayet
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Death of an Idealist: In Search of Neil Aggett by Beverly NaidooFeatured

22/03/2020

He died, again. From 22nd September 1981 until 5th February 1982 much happened. I was preparing for my matric exam, which I wrote then rewrote late into December as most exam papers were leaked. I then waited anxiously for my results, celebrating on the streets of Durban after obtaining my university exemption. This excitement dissipated when the then minister of education, yes FW de Klerk, refused my application to study at Wits. And, Apartheid was not a crime against humanity? However, unbeknownst to my little insular world, more than 60 activists were being rounded up and ruthlessly tortured culminating in Dr Neil Agget’s untimely death. It also set the decisive beginning of the end of apartheid.

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by Fazel Mayet
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