Editorial: The tired 'grand swoop' ritual
Editorial

Editorial: The tired 'grand swoop' ritual

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Twenty-one days. That is the notice given to operators of Laboma, the unpermitted beach enclave that has flourished on state-vested military land beside a dying lagoon. The demolition will be filmed. There will be soldiers, a minister and, perhaps, a phrase about ‘political will’. Then, as surely as the tide, the shanties will return.

Published by Christabel Danso
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