TONY LEON | Joburg was made a political ‘offer it couldn’t refuse’

The ANC’s manipulation of the Joburg coalition’s weaknesses are a cold reminder for opposition parties ahead of 2024

04 October 2022 - 20:52

“The Return of the Locusts” is an apt and lapidary title for the political melodrama that played out in the city council chambers in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, late last week...

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