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Letter from SA's Empangeni and lessons on urbanisation

A street in eSikhaleni township, South Africa. [XN Iraki, Standard]

The oceanside was getting boring after the conference. It was time to leave Richard’s Bay without knowing who Richard was. My destination was Empangeni, a small town only 16 kilometres away but farther inland.

It’s a blacker town compared with Richards Bay. Data on the town population by race is easily available in South Africa (SA).

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