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Journalist insulted and threatened by South African opposition party supporters (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 14, 2019

Journalist Karim Brown is being swamped with insulting texts, threatening phone calls and hate messages on social networks by members of the Economic Freedom fighters, South Africa's third largest party.
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