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COMMENT | In Melkbosstrand, toddler-rape allegations dwarf the spectre of nuclear meltdown

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WARNING: This investigation contains descriptions of child abuse that you may find triggering or difficult to read. 

If Africa’s only nuclear power plant exploded, that would be it for Melkbosstrand. The town would be to Koeberg as Pripyat is to Chernobyl.  

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