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LESLEY MOFOKENG | Why Sol Plaatje’s journalism matters for SA today

Sowetan · 09 October 2026 at 08:00

LESLEY MOFOKENG | Why Sol Plaatje’s journalism matters for SA today

Sol Plaatje built civic infrastructure for black South Africans through his newspapers, defying colonial exclusion.

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