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‘I blacked out’- Cape Town street preacher says he feared for his life after attack

IOL · 25 August 2026 at 13:47

‘I blacked out’- Cape Town street preacher says he feared for his life after attack

A Cape Town street preacher who despises Charles Darwin and keeps a copy of On the Origin of Species on a chain says he was left fearing for his life after two young men allegedly attacked him while he was preaching in the city centre.

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