I met a Dutch couple visiting SA last week. It didn’t take long before the conversation turned to politics. My new Dutch friends wanted to know about the government of national unity (GNU).

Also, “is apartheid still a thing here?” That’s a question with a complicated answer, I replied, before venturing a query about developments in the Netherlands — where the strongest force in their coalition government is now Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party. ..

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