TOM EATON | DonkeyGate has been opened and the opportunists have bolted

Should we be impressed that the ANC actually made an effort with the donkey carts, or unsurprised they’re all breaking down?

14 November 2022 - 20:41

I don’t want to underplay ANC corruption, but on the scale of South African scandals, with state capture near the top, and construction mafias, Eskom saboteurs and politically deployed idiots somewhere in the middle, I’m afraid DonkeyGate is less a storm in a teacup than a sneeze near an espresso cup...

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