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A sound of Being in Pitori: Max Baloyi plays U- the Space

Thabiso Legodi — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:53:22 +0000

8pm, Saturday, 4th March. I just drove to Pretoria from Joburg suburbia. I’ve missed Pretoria. Yes, I still call it Pretoria – lest I forget Pretorius and his people; the injustice. But surely, I don’t want anyone else calling it that. I’ve missed the air of bravado, braids polluting the sidewalks, the smell of inequality, [...]

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Language in schools: On Afrikaans and the plight of Black parents

Thabiso Legodi — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 07:50:45 +0000

In the beginning of October, I attended my nephew’s primary school concert at the Academy for Christian Education (ACE) in Brits. I had been looking forward to it for weeks, having forgotten what my own experience of these concerts had been like as a child. My nephew, currently in the fourth grade, was also very [...]

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