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v. - Grant independence to

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  • He asked for "six months to one year" and announced to the world that South Africa would help to 'decolonise'
  • Indeed, Vorster even initially presented himself as Africa's supreme peace-maker, offering to help "decolonise"
  • South African politicians could "decolonise" language by publicly speaking more African languages, according to Dr Theo du Plessis of the University of the Orange Free...
  • The president said the charter would "decolonise" Bolivia by championing indigenous values lost since the Spanish conquest.
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