TOM EATON | Petrol prices are fuelling Zuma nostalgia, so let’s crunch the numbers
His fans are using the hikes to rank him above Ramaphosa, cherry-picking facts and ignoring the rand’s endless tumble
01 June 2022 - 19:58
As the relentlessly rising petrol price continues to deliver radical economic transformation to SA, fans of Jacob Zuma keep insisting Cyril Ramaphosa is to blame. And in a funny sort of way, they’re not wrong...
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