Dos Santos’s legacy as much an SA one as it is Angolan
He left his country bankrupt with millions on the breadline, resentful of foreigners who made money and then left
12 July 2022 - 15:55
The death of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos on July 8 2022 was overshadowed by the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo on the same day.
Perhaps his grief-stricken daughter, Isabel, once the richest woman in Africa, preferred it that way. In addition to mourning her father, she also has to contend with a warrant for her arrest for corruption. ..
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