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THE BIG READ: The names on a record sleeve tell us an important story

Kofi Adjepong-Boateng · Daily Maverick

Published 12 Oct 2026, 8:54 am·just now·1 min read

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A banner carried in Durban by South Africans told neighbouring governments to fetch their people. The names on a 1973 sleeve measure the debt South Africa owes the rest of the continent.

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