Zimbabwe: You Don't Have to Burn Down the House to Make a Braai

16 January 2012
opinion

I have always been astounded by the persistent references in Zimbabwe's The Herald newspaper together with its sister publications to former president Nelson Mandela as simply nothing more than what the African-Americans call an Uncle Tom or house nigger.

A recent example of this is contained in the article in The Herald, January 11, 2012, under the heading "Kill the Boer Indeed!"

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