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South Africa: Apartheid feet-washing apology dismissed

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Breaking News, History

A notorious South African Apartheid-era security minister hit the headlines after he washed the feet of an anti-Apartheid campaigner in an act of contrition. South Africa Logue dismissed the gesture saying: “[Adriaan] Vlok’s act – which strikes Your Correspondent as deeply offensive to many a South African’s sense of justice – has been roundly lambasted and scorned [1]“.