The specter of Mannetjies Roux
An encounter on a cross continental flight with white South African men and their ways, by Robina Marks, a black woman and South Africa’s ambassador in Benin.
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Robina Marks
Robina Marks is South Africa's Ambassador to Benin. She writes in her personal capacity.
Falling into an uneasy sleep
It took the writer, later South Africa’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, 30 years to talk to her mother about rape. Her mother’s rape.
A place to call home
A black woman, born in Cape Town, returns to the city to buy a house where she will hopefully retire.