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Word: mokwatsi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1954-1954
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...morning last January, two young Boer farmers named Petrus and Pieter Gouws drove up to their neighbor's farm on the parching South African veld. The Gouws asked for Joseph Mokwatsi, a 17-year-old Negro employed as a field hand, explaining to his master: "We think he stole two jackets, and we want him to show us where he hid them." Joseph was handed over; the Gouws tied a leather thong around his neck, threw him into their truck and drove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Flogging of a Kaffir | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

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