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Town under siege in the Northern Cape

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Gabriel Crouse, Terence Corrigan and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the alarming tensions in Prieska, a small town in the Northern Cape, over control of the local copper mine as well as a decision to prosecute a Finnish MP for expressing the orthodox Christian view on gay marriage.
4 May 2021 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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