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Did a South African politician really write that black people in the Democratic Alliance party ‘are just experiments’? Of course not! https://bit.ly/da_mazzone
Scam: Don't be duped by ‘official’ letters guaranteeing admission to South African universities for a fee. https://bit.ly/university_fee
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