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Veteran journalist Benjamin Pogrund on Robert Sobukwe’s biography

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Benjamin Pogrund tells Tim Modise about his friendship with South Africa’s ‘most feared’ struggle hero Robert Sobukwe. He laments the fact that Sobukwe has been airbrushed out of history in the New South Africa. Pogrund also reflects on press freedom and says the current government is failing to deliver on the promise of the decades long freedom struggle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Aug 2015 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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