The 350th commemoration of the founding of the "bastion of colonialism", the Castle of Good Hope, is an opportunity to rewrite colonial history, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
"(It is) a standing reminder and sanctuary for the defence of a brutal system that robbed the majority of South Africans of their dignity, social identity, land and other benefits of their country's economic potential," Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula read from a speech Zuma was meant to have delivered.
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