PATRICK BULGER | Welcome to SA, where elections issues aren’t about race, yet somehow still are

We all want a country that puts people’s upliftment first, but politicians’ overriding focus on race will defer that dream

28 October 2021 - 20:08

Why has an election that should be all about the state of our metros and towns degenerated into a racial slanging match, with the DA cast as a party that promotes white interests, and the ANC presenting itself as having the welfare of the black majority at heart, even though that is clearly not always the case? One might have thought the well-publicised ruin of municipalities by ANC councillors, and the corruption scandals, would have made this an easy election for the opposition. But this has not been the case, possibly because there has never been an election in SA that has not been about race...

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