Mandela is to be released from prison today, and for four long years the South African government has toyed with the phrase civil uprising in anticipation of this moment. Anxiety gnaws at the middle-aged men in their immaculate pinstripe suits, men whose brute certainty once steered a formidable economy. Now, with international pressure mounting, the decision to […]

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