If you’re wondering what SA needs today to rekindle hope, you should look to a moment that took place in the high-octane period before SA’s first democratic election. At the time, violence was ripping through KwaZulu-Natal, and the volatile Vaal Triangle appeared to be perpetually on the brink of a civil war.

Then it all got much worse...

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