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Why We Forgave our Brother's Killer

Pooneh Ghoddoosi talks to the Ncholo siblings from South Africa who forgave the man who murdered their brother

Pooneh Ghoddoosi talks to the Ncholo siblings from South Africa who forgive the man who murdered their brother.

We also hear from American Nate Silver, a so-called 'political astrologer' who uses data to to forecast anything from sports results to earthquakes.

Also Kenyan novelist Mukoma Wa Ngugi on the advantages of coming from a family of famous writers; the British cancer survivor Ian Clements who's been tracking his life in numbers for over 40 years, and; a British family who were held hostage at a chemical factory by the Iraqi government in the run up to the first gulf war in 1990 remember their ordeal.

Photo: Paseko (left) and Khotso Ncholo

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55 minutes

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Tue 20 Aug 2013 02:06GMT

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  • Mon 19 Aug 2013 11:06GMT
  • Mon 19 Aug 2013 21:06GMT
  • Tue 20 Aug 2013 02:06GMT

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