EDITORIAL | Stop using populace as pawns in run-up to the polls
Political Survivor 2024 is in full force and last week leaders in Joburg and Durban were knee-deep in it
11 March 2024 - 21:22
History has taught us the flipside to pre-voting victories of new bridges, roads, clinics, title deed handovers, classrooms and food hamper gift packs to woo the electorate is the polling pestilence of manipulated protests, damaged infrastructure, manufactured personal information leaks and in some instances orchestrated hits...
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