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OUR LOCAL HEROES

EACH year brings with it a mixed bag – and sometimes the bad and the ugly can feel so overwhelming the good gets lost in the noise.

Which is why we decided to push the positive to the forefront as the year draws to an end, focusing on those who’ve made us proud, those who are striving to make the world a better place and those who put themselves in danger to help others in the direst of circumstances.

Here are the South Africans who provided silver linings on often cloudy days.

SIYA KOLISI

THE LEADERSHIP AWARD

The man South Africans would love to have as president remains as humble as ever.

“In the last world cup [in 2019], the

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