TOM EATON | Farmgate is not our Watergate, but it is a watershed
It is clear we are primed to be seduced by a checklist of modest election promises, but the dangers in this are obvious
20 June 2022 - 19:55
When the ANC’s obituary is written, it will surely include the delicious irony of these final, ham-fisted attempts to recall Cyril Ramaphosa and wrench back control of the patronage machine: in the end, the party was so incompetent, it couldn’t even put together a half-decent smear campaign...
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