I heard a little while ago that you were seriously ill. Then I saw and heard you with Cape Town bid. You were in Switzerland. Then I read in the Sowetan that you were ill again. Whatever is the matter?
I did not know of Pratt or his, death sentence of 1974 and his release pending appeal now. What a travesty of justice. Can he sue for damages? Malicious prosecution ?
Today it is intellectually fashionable to dismiss Africa as the continent of pestilence and ethnic conflict. A respected African American journalist even expresses gratitude that, because of slavery, he was born in America instead of Africa.
