Nov 2004
Shared Interest Update: South Africa Revisited - Fall 2004
South Africa Revisited: Hope Springs Eternal
By Jennifer Davis
After three weeks visiting back home during April and May 2004, I came away, feeling revitalized, recommitted to finding ways of supporting the new society that is, far too slowly and painfully, with horrible contradictions and many failures, nevertheless still being fought for, in the interests of the many rather than the few. I was challenged by the enthusiasm with which people, rural and urban, were inventing ways to build from the ground up, still believing that their government should be helping them, but rarely waiting for that help to come. continued…
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