CAIPHUS KGOSANA | Sadly egos got in the way of opposition parties forming a united front

The long list of forgettable parties on the ballot list helps fragment the opposition, to the ANC’s benefit

06 June 2023 - 20:39

At just more than a year before the next general elections, most will agree that the ANC has been an unmitigated disaster. Commentators write reams of copy on a daily basis about the party’s governance paralysis. Everything has broken down under its watch, so it would be trite to rehash the horror list here...

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