LUCKY MATHEBULA | The budget tussles might be democracy in action
The past 76 years must be understood as a template that worked when one party had absolute government power. The current context cannot be expected to force-fit into what it is not
10 April 2025 - 04:30
The GNU budget debacle will go down in history, arguably alongside the JZ stretching of the criminal justice system, as a watershed moment that demonstrates to what lengths the South African constitutional order can go to make its democratic character a reality...
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