During the Nehawu strike earlier this year there were several incidences of workers blocking entrances to public hospitals.
Melanie Verwoerd recently watched two video clips which, she writes, depicted a level of courage that took her breath away. It reminded her of the unidentified man who blocked a convoy of Chinese tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Last month I saw two video clips depicting acts of courage that took my breath away.
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