TOM EATON | As the ANC burns SA down, another sound rises up. It’s Cyril serenely snoring
No wonder some thought Waterkloof’s fire was another insurrection. We’ve learnt that where there’s smoke, there’s fire
24 January 2022 - 19:32
Sometimes a fire is just a fire. But when it burns on the same airbase where the Guptas landed nine years ago and its smoke rises into sky that has recently been filled with the charred remains of businesses and a parliament building, you’d be forgiven for imagining you’re seeing the reeking legacy of Jacob Zuma rising up over Pretoria...
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