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Johannesburg

Novelist Fiona Melrose explores her fraught relationship with Johannesburg. As she travels across her home city to get a new ID card she observes the rich and fractured lives around her, and finds hope in the most unexpected and bureaucratic of places.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Dec 2017 00:30

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  • Fri 15 Dec 2017 09:45
  • Sat 16 Dec 2017 00:30

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