TOM EATON | McKenzie’s ramblings mask a menacing xenophobic agenda

Be careful what you wish for. Gayton McKenzie is what you get when you drop democracy for dictatorship

26 September 2022 - 20:22

As the ANC Youth League coos and gurgles from the baby seat as it’s driven through Donbas to rubber-stamp Vladimir Putin’s sham referendums, and a growing number of South Africans start to wonder if autocracy might be a better option than democracy, we seem suddenly to be awash in the politics of small, crude Big Men...

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