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Book Review: Do the Macorona by Jonathan Shapiro

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2020 is a year that is destined to go down in history, and the sooner the better.
we have grown accustomed this year to alcohol and cigarette bans, Uncle Cyril's address, Donald Trump's tantrums, Julius Malema's marches, Jacob Zuma's Zondo excuses , and a million different versions of Jerusalem. But there is a bright shining at the end of 2020 tunnel, and its not just the gleam of the vaccine, its the new annual from South Africa's most decorated cartoonist, Zapiro.
21 Dec 2020 3AM English South Africa News

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