EDITORIAL | ANC’s contempt for people’s time shows it’s nowhere near renewed

Tambo, Mandela, Mbeki considered punctuality a virtue; not so today’s leaders

12 September 2024 - 04:40

ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang once shared an interesting tale of the time Oliver Tambo drove himself to a meeting with Kenneth Kaunda. To him and many of our political luminaries, punctuality was understood to show respect...

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