TOM EATON | Empty slogans mean empty voting booths

Maybe South Africans have realised at last that elections aren’t about drama, they’re about keeping water in the pipes

01 November 2021 - 20:18

Yesterday morning, I stood in a voting booth and had one last look for a party that didn’t exist...

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