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My commitment to the liberation of the people of South Africa is not determined by where I am located.
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The speaker says that their dedication to South Africa’s liberation does not depend on their physical location. Being elsewhere does not lessen or end that commitment. The statement separates a person’s place from the cause they support: distance changes where they are, but not their stated dedication to the people’s freedom.
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