PALI LEHOHLA | Beer halls, whorehouses and silly virgins are screwing the power out of us
Before the grid collapses, can someone haul out a spear and rid parliament of its corresponding status?
07 May 2023 - 20:53
Though I never took it seriously, once upon a time, then as deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa said parliamentary debates are like beer hall howling, while 33rd US president Harry Truman said: “My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.”..
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