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THE PREZ’S BIGGEST FAN

FOR almost a year the little girl had been dreaming of meeting her hero: President Cyril Ramaphosa. She posted videos on social media and wrote letters with her mom’s help, begging the country’s first citizen for a meet-up.

Mehran Dildar of Isipingo near Durban is such a fan she even had the president’s face on her birthday cake. But the months crept by and still no Ramaphosa – until one day the phone rang.

On the line was

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