TOM EATON | The reality is badly serious, but the news can be seriously good
It is telling that we consider good news about good people, striving to make SA a better place, common and unremarkable
17 April 2023 - 20:17
I know that writers writing about writing can be a special form of torture, but as the clapped-out merry-go-round of our news cycle takes another turn, and we cling to the sticky poles of the fake horsies and get ready for one more predictable journey to nowhere, I feel a duty to warn my readers that this column is the product of censorship and is therefore not a trustworthy lens through which to view the present moment...
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