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Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 18 - "Bloody Sunday"

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Almost 7 decades after a massacre in East London , questions are still swirling about the cover up that followed by the apartheid police.

An Irish nun was killed along with dozens of community members on the 9th of November in 1952 when the cops opened fire.

Author Mignonne Breier investigated the massacre and her book "Bloody Sunday" has now been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards - in partnership with Exclusive Books.

Hot 1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams has more...
15 Sep 2022 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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