Dr Mosibudi Mangena pictured in 2004. Photo: Lisa Skinner
40TH BIRTHDAY
During the dark days of apartheid, black people had limited sources of information – both at home and in exile – and this newspaper kept them in the loop, writes Lucas Ledwaba.
Being starved of news in prison and in exile was one of the hardest challenges political activists such as Mosibudi Mangena faced during the dark days of the struggle against apartheid.
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