Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples
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Simon FairlieSimon Fairlie is a former agricultural worker, stonemason and co-editor of The Ecologist Magazine. He now coordinates Chapter 7, a low-impact planning consultancy and campaigning group. He is the author of Low Impact Development (Jon Carpenter, 1996). Recent articlesSmarter planning, better living Jules Lubbock is wrong: dismantle the planning system, and people will want three cars and an acre, as in the US. The result? An urban disaster. |
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