It’s a largely forgotten South African treason trial, but it once “had the world agog”. It also significantly shaped the country’s political development.
The early days of transformation when black people had to leave their African identity at the gates of Eastern Cape boys’ schools in the morning, become a white person during the day, and pick up their black identity again after school, are rapidly fading.
The spate of recent tavern tragedies has us once again questioning our relationship with alcohol. Sadly, the dependency goes back centuries and there have been many attempts to curb its influence.
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