Does SA have a taste for the Mashaba Method of mixing populist poison?

Say what you like about outgoing Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, but the man owned his bigotry like few other South Africans.

Herman Mashaba announced his resignation as Johannesburg mayor at the Metro Centre, in Johannesburg, on October 21 2019.
Herman Mashaba announced his resignation as Johannesburg mayor at the Metro Centre, in Johannesburg, on October 21 2019. (Thulani Mbele/Sowetan)

Say what you like about outgoing Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, but the man owned his bigotry like few other South Africans.

And perhaps there is a sinister reason for the silence around his targeting of the ‘Dangerous Foreigner’.

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