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Reaching across the racial divide

Dear Fellow South Africans,

I WAS recently sent a photo that featured on the popular #ImStaying Facebook thread. Two women are seated side by side at a bus stop somewhere in Cape Town. One is white, elderly and frail, and rests her head on the shoulder of the younger black woman.

This simple image, of the two women sitting there with their hands locked tightly, resonated deeply with me as we approach Reconciliation Day tomorrow.

It brought to mind the powerful words of Steve Bantu Biko that

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