"We, the so-called Bantu speaking South Africans, came from the North, from the Great Lakes, we over-ran territory here which was occupied by the Khoi and the San. There was no title, we just occupied that land, we were not even the original residents here. The people we call Baroa, the People of the South – Ba boroa, the People of the South, it’s the Khoi, the people we found here."
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Mosiuoa Lekota (leader of the South African COPE political party) speaking to Radio 702 in April 2017
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Mosiuoa Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (13 August 1948 – 4 March 2026) was a South African politician, who served as the President and Leader of the Congress of the People from 16 December 2008 until his death. Previously as a member of the African National Congress, under President Thabo Mbeki, he served in the Cabinet of South Africa as [
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