Mampara of the week: Baleka Mbete
07 May 2017 - 02:00
With her campaign to succeed No1 dead in the water, the Headscarf Queen is struggling to remain relevant. So, to stand a chance of being accommodated in No1's camp in December, Mbete has appointed herself the Nkandla Crooner's chief imbongi. But because No1's preferred candidate, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has hogged all the airtime, no one recognises this mampara any more. So yesterday she hijacked the funeral of 17 children who died in a horrific car crash in Bronkhorstspruit to attack South Africans who marched against No1.Shame on you, Madam Mampara. ..
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