To make the tea, first you boil the water in the pot, and add the box of green tea, gunpowder-style, imported from China. Most South Africans shamefully don’t even know where Mauritania is, I informed them, much less that it’s also known as the land of a million poets. The tea was then poured in and out of each cup, a layer of foam remaining behind in each. All over the country, South African citizens devote 67 minutes to charitable causes in memory of Madiba. Every day Daily Maverick investigates and exposes the deep rot of state capture and corruption but we need your help.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2019 14:26 UTC