Blowin’ in the Wind a continuous shift in moral values seems to have been woven into the very fabric of the hearts and souls of South African politicians – especially under a ‘government of national unity’
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Copyright ©: 1962 Bob Dylan
The screenshots below were captured more than 48 hours after the expiry of the Constitutional Court’s two-year interim remedy for sections of the Copyright Act, 1978, undermining the constitutionally enshrined right of blind and visually impaired people in South Africa to access printed material for conversion into alternative format copies. At the time, neither institution responsible for missing the 21 September 2024 deadline had issued a media statement explaining why.
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