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Almost 30 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections, apartheid can sometimes seem like a distant past. However, three new films interrupt both the temptation to forget and to selectively remember.
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Derrick Hendrickse Stellenbosch is mourning the sudden loss of political stalwart EFF councillor Derrick Hendrickse. He died of Covid-19 complications on Monday 4 January. He would have celebrated his 56th birthday on Tuesday 12 January. “He was a formidable political fighter and was very aggressive politically when it came to injustices in our communities,” said former DA councillor Alderman Valerie Fernandez. She knew Hendrickse before he entered politics. He was the chairperson of her ward committee. “He knew his national, provincial and local regulations...