JUSTICE MALALA | It’s unforgivable that Mangope’s Bophuthatswana was better than ANC’s North West

If the ruling party’s opponents were quicker on the uptake they would slash its majority in the 2024 election, especially in that province

25 September 2022 - 19:32

They miss Lucas Mangope in North West. The man’s name pops up frequently in conversation, online, on radio and other media. The more the governing ANC fails to deliver on electricity, roads, safety and security, infrastructure, and other areas of governance, the more the name of the late former Bophuthatswana Bantustan leader is invoked with reverence...

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