JONATHAN JANSEN | With a legacy like Buthelezi’s, there are no good guys and bad guys

We will go through the same moral anguish when corrupt politicians pass, so SA needs to get to grips with its complicated figures

20 September 2023 - 21:07

During my term as vice-chancellor, I received a Christmas card from Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. What should have been a simple message of “thank you” or a Christmas greeting card in return became instead a week of inner turmoil. ..

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