LETTER: Blame lawns on Christian obsession with heaven and paradise
15 August 2019 - 05:00
Is there anything undesirable in SA that cannot be blamed on apartheid (“Why the roots of grass go way deep (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/books/2019-08-13-why-the-roots-of-grass-go-way-deep/)”, August 13)?
It is certainly nonsensical that lawn grass, possibly humanity’s largest crop, is tended with such care and expense only for the harvest to be thrown away. Yet Jonathan Cane’s comparison between SA’s urban settlements suggests there is something wrong about “white” areas having lawns when “black” ones don’t...
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