JUSTICE MALALA | Talk is cheap: Government has become expert at saying one thing and doing another
We have no backbone or a discernible principled stance on foreign diplomacy, while we shoot ourselves in the foot every day on domestic issues
15 October 2023 - 20:13
South Africa is stuck in a deep rut politically and economically because our government is fantastic at coming up with great policies and schemes — and immediately undermining or even contradicting them. We don’t move forward because we plan and say one thing, and then act in a manner that achieves the exact opposite...
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