The apartheid story and the coming demise of television

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On many Sunday afternoons, religious open-air services are held in rural marketplaces.

The crowd puller is not so much the rhythmic dancing to the beat of drums. It is the testimonies. Past misdeeds are described in great detail, with the audience participating appropriately by punctuating the testimony with gasps, groans, shouts of praise or handclaps. Look no farther for a human story, warts and all. Testimony givers are great storytellers.