{"id":18602,"date":"2015-04-27T06:09:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=18602"},"modified":"2022-04-27T03:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:49:12","slug":"21-already-on-south-africas-freedom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=18602","title":{"rendered":"21 already (on South Africa\u2019s Freedom Day)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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21 already (on South Africa\u2019s Freedom Day)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
21 already<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
you are<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
getting there<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
rather quickly<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(might it have been<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
far too soon)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
was the enticement<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
of international sport<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(rugby and cricket chiefly)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
much too much to resist<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
21 already<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
were we readied<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
for the occasion<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
and the great beyond<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
What have you celebrated<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
have you always had cause<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
to celebrate and rejoice<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(are you selective\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
in your remembrances)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
21 already<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(this coming of age)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
does it seem times<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
are tougher now<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
in our rebuilding phase<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(will we be reconstructing<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
forever and a day)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
There are folks hankering<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
for a return to apartheid<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
corporal punishment<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
the death penalty and<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
keeping women and children<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(and the other) in their place<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(and quite nearby dogs howl<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
as a neighbouring child\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
gets a mother\u2019s loud beating<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
and a shutting-up)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
21 already<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
would you do it<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
all over again<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
(Photo Credit:\u00a0http:\/\/constitutionallyspeaking.co.za)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21 already (on South Africa\u2019s Freedom Day) \u00a0 21 already you are getting there rather quickly (might it have been far too soon) \u00a0 was the enticement of international sport (rugby and cricket chiefly) much too much to resist \u00a0 21 already were we readied for the occasion and the great beyond \u00a0 What have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[731,4829,83,732],"class_list":["post-18602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-david-kapp","tag-freedom-day","tag-south-africa","tag-the-very-unfortunate","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25955,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions\/25955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}