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Ina Orton in South Africa: During and after Apartheid

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Just a toy..

12 July 201312 July 2013
Just a toy..
You play endless games with me as if l am just a tantalising toy.. Abruptly you push me away; how can it be, J Where is the love, the promised joy? For dreary days you ignore me. No talk, nor touch, l... Read More
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Before ’94/ 1956

7 July 20138 July 2013
Before ’94/ 1956
My first uneasy feeling that all was not right with my little world was when l was only 5 years old. We lived on the edge of the mining town, , then. The modern rows of townhouses that mushroomed in t... Read More
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End of Summer

30 June 201324 September 2013
End of Summer
When the southern wind starts to  blow and  you  hear the mournful sound of trains shunting on the siding before they go, whether south,  east, north or west bound.. Then with dread, sad regret I ... Read More
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South Africa before/after 1994. The way l experienced it, am living it

24 June 201328 June 2013
South Africa before/after 1994. The way l experienced it, am living it
I am a white South African, a pale native, as Max du Press so aptly described himself. I was born in 1951, not so long after the National Party came into power in 1948. Politics, it affects us on so m... Read More
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