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Hiding the shame of poverty for 2010

Sunday Tribune 11 November 2007

By Nomfundo Mcetywa

The shacklands of post-apartheid South Africa, which would surely have been seen by tourists coming to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, will be removed to hide the shame of poverty.

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