TOM EATON | The ‘battle for the ANC’s soul’ will undoubtedly produce slim pickings
The ANC’s anti-Ramaphosa faction dubbing itself the Talibans, is both ironic and incongruous
25 July 2022 - 20:13
Every so often we are told that we are witnessing a “battle for the soul of the ANC”, a very confusing claim since the ANC hasn’t had a soul for decades, and power struggles among the party elite tend to be less a battle than a process of rolling slowly over on the banana-shaped lilo without capsizing it, and allowing the last, unchewed mouthful of quale egg to roll out of their mouth into a pool before muttering about the step-aside rule...
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