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    Posted by Mary on August 19, 2019, 7:35 pm

    How about this Margo? You might be interested.

    George Alagiah is a BBC Newreader and long time BBC employee. He has recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer which is being treated and then returns. He has written this book - 'The Burning Land' due out shortly.

    'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more – but not this. Not murder.’ South Africa has become a powder keg. Its precious land is being sold off to the highest bidders while the country’s corrupt elite pocket the profits. ... Google Books

    Expected on: 29 August 2019
    Author: George Alagiah

    He was born in Sri Lanka to Tamil parents. He then he lived in Ghana before coming to the UK. He joined the BBC in 1989 and was their correspondent in Jo'burg. His wife works for the Fairtrade Foundation.

    Surely South Africa's land (and resources) have already been sold off.

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    • The Burning Land - Mary August 19, 2019, 7:35 pm