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The dark side of an enlightened man

Six weeks after Roebuck's death, Maziwisa and some of Roebuck's "sons" — who initially defended his reputation as a loving father figure — have now described what amounts to a disturbingly dysfunctional lifestyle within the walls of the houses they shared.

They talk of sexual misconduct, Roebuck's repeated beatings of them on their bare buttocks and of, perhaps inevitably, the decision of some to blackmail him as he tried to protect his public reputation as a champion of education and crusader for social justice.

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