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In 1952, Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney (both sons of the beautiful and mysterious Centaine de Thiry) have developed from youthful enemies to political rivals who need each other: Manfred is Minister of Police for the ruling Afrikaner National Party (devoted body and soul to apartheid), while Shasa - rich beyond belief from his mother's famous diamond mines - is a more liberal-thinking member of parliament for the United Party. 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