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Pyrrhic defeat: Stigma attached to ‘street criminals’ distracts attention away from the crimes of the rich and politically powerful. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images

Stigma against ex-offenders is an indeterminate sentence

This results in the former convicts permanent social and economic exclusion to benefit the wealthy and the politically connected in South Africa

Casper Lӧtter