TOM EATON | Bitter poll to swallow: one can’t let facts get in the way of a good headline

The Zuma-inspired rand plunge was potboiler fiction, but I understand why people are alarmed by the Social Research Foundation’s poll

11 April 2024 - 21:33 By Tom Eaton

The news that Jacob Zuma’s new retirement annuity might win as much as 13% of the vote in the upcoming election has reportedly sent shock waves through the sorts of people who believe that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party might get more votes after five months than the EFF got after ten years...

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