Former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga with the Palestinian flag and makeshift sign calling for a “free Palestine” amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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For former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga, the violence in Palestine is a dark reminder of the time when he was 8 years old and watched apartheid soldiers come into South African townships to “kill [his] brothers and sisters”.
Bhanga, a former member of the DA, believes a small gesture goes a long way and therefore decided to spend five hours a day cycling through different neighbourhoods in the metro carrying a Palestinian flag and cardboard sign with the words “Free Palestine” inscribed on it.
Bhanga says he can’t sit and watch a match when he should be a part of the fight.
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