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" The ANC has failed to address the problems of the black majority quickly enough. "
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Problems
Majority
Enough
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" The years of imprisonment hardened me... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life... there is no longer anything I can fear. "
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" There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known. "
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Any
Done
" When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy. "
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Mother
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Had
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