Eric, thanks for your update on Mandela. In 1965, I met and had coffee with Joe Slovo, who was in exile in Ireland because of terrorism. Slovo was head of the Communist Party in South Africa. I was a one-year student in history and political science, a junior year abroad, arranged by myself, at the University of Dublin. Slovo chaired a debate at the University on South Africa; he invited me to have coffee with him the next day. For a boy up from Wisconsin, Mandela, Slovo, South Africa, etc. were new stuff. I tracked events there after this awakening. I suspect South Africa will continue to degenerate into crime and confusion. Thanks for the rest of the story. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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