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13 February 2012

Tales from Dystopia X: The banality of evil | Khanya

It's my other blog's fifth blogiversary today, so I'm referring everyone to the story at Tales from Dystopia X: The banality of evil | Khanya:

It's about bureaucratic machinations in a conspiracy to stop one sick old lady from receiving communion.

It's one of a series of posts on memories from the apartheid era in South Africa. The other posts in the series are:

  • Tales from Dystopia I: Epukululo Lovawambo
  • Tales from Dystopia II: Enemies of the State
  • Tales from Dystopia III: Theological education in a totalitarian state
  • Tales from Dystopia IV: Dennis Brutus and political interference in sporting affairs
  • Tales from Dystopia V: Sophiatown and ethnic cleansing
  • Tales from Dystopia VI: 1960 was a very bad year
  • Tales from Dystopia VII: Amazing grace
  • Tales from Dystopia VIII: Deportation from Namibia
  • Tales from Dystopia IX: SACC Consultation on Racism 11-14 February 1980
  • Tales from Dystopia X: The banality of evil
And you can find the full list at Tales from Dystopia | Khanya
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