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The burning land, George Alagiah

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The burning land

George Alagiah

'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more, but not this. Not murder.' Once childhood friends, Lindi Seaton and Kagiso Rapabane reunite in more serious circumstances, as optimism and opportunity fade in post-Mandela South Africa and outside forces seek to exploit the country's resources, causing untold damage to ordinary citizens. The fightback against this sees a group of protesters destroying land set to be sold off to foreign countries. Soon, however, protest turns to terrorism, with the murder of Lesedi Motlantshe, who, as a child, was heralded as one of the 'Children of the Future' of a supposedly post-racial South Africa, 'the embodiment of South Africa's new beginning'. It is Motlantshe's murder that brings Lindi back to South Africa from her home in London, where she and Kagiso find themselves caught up in the dangerous, high-stakes games played by the rich at the expense of the poor

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