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> [“I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs what Julius Malema is to my politics columns: a noisy, but sadly unavoidable irritant. With both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-calland/i-thought-i-was-getting-away-from-politics-for-a-while-but-i-now/)

Richard Calland

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## More by Richard Calland

> [“For the record, the vuvuzela is not my enemy — and I even have, for reasons of self-defence installed a mini-vuvu with surprisingly powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-calland/for-the-record-the-vuvuzela-is-not-my-enemy-and-i-even-have-for/)

Richard Calland

> [“I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-calland/i-thought-i-was-getting-away-from-politics-for-a-while-but-i-now/)

Richard Calland

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