Response to Terry Bell on John Harris

Terry Bell's obituary for Ann Harris also dealt, in brief, with the bombing of Johannesburg station by her husband John Harris in 1964, and his subsequent torture and execution. Maritz van den Berg asked GroundUp to publish the letter below in response to Bell's article.

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

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Rural South Africa is on a Precipice

Countryside sliding into ever more violent confrontations

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

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Timeline of protest and violence in Dunoon

Concerns over housing have morphed into looting of immigrant owned shops

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News | 20 April 2016

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Protesters arrested at Rhodes University

List of alleged rapists at centre of conflict

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News | 20 April 2016

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Battle to stop dagga spraying

Activists take steps to prevent Saps helicopters destroying marijuana crops

Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 20 April 2016

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Burned bodies of murder accused found in Motherwell

Grisly find on way to school

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News | 20 April 2016

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UCT students launch rape awareness initiative

Campaign spreads from Stellenbosch and Rhodes universities

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News | 19 April 2016

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Langa children unable to travel to school

Between taxi strike and Metrorail problems, delays are too long

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News | 19 April 2016

Photo of protester with placard saying Thandi Ndlovu must fall, in front of burning materials

Thousands march against ANC ward councillor

Thandi Ndlovu ā€œis like a statue - just there and doing nothingā€, says protester

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News | 19 April 2016

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Imaginative gay rights campaign launched

Scalabrini hopes to change attitudes in immigrant communities

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News | 19 April 2016

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Delft residents march for electricity

Provincial official says township's Tsunami informal settlement will be improved

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News | 18 April 2016

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Immigrant-owned shops looted in Dunoon

Cops accused of not being there to protect stores

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News | 18 April 2016

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Tension over rent at pioneering housing complex

Some residents say Steen Villa has become too middle-class

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News | 18 April 2016

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Weā€™re trying to improve Observatory

A response to Koketso Moeti

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Opinion | 18 April 2016

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Parliament has become unwelcoming

Access used to be quick and easy. Not any more.

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Opinion | 18 April 2016

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Wife of station bomber dies

Ann Harris Wolfe (Pearson), 1938-2016, was the wife of John Harris, the only man classified white to be hanged by the apartheid state for political crimes

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News | 18 April 2016

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