TOM EATON | Fasten your seat belts — for some May 30 may be a rough landing

Two weeks before the election, Tom Eaton looks at the scenarios around a major electoral upset, as South Africans privately hope for those that are the best, or, as is more likely, the least worst

13 May 2024 - 21:44 By Tom Eaton

Ladies and gentlemen, we have begun our descent back to grinding normality. Please turn off all your hopes of a major electoral upset and make sure your stoicism is in the upright position as we prepare the cabin and your nerves for five more years in ANC-Land. ..

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