PALI LEHOHLA | Beware the Trumps and Musks who ‘win elections’, or suffer straatmeid antics
And if South Africans don’t have a tech billionaire to sing like a canary, then the flow of resources will expose the sealed envelopes
09 June 2025 - 04:30
Before the Donald Trump-Elon Musk straatmeid fight eight days ago, just before the Trump-Musk marriage-in-hell broke open, I penned an anticipatory column on TimesLIVE Premium (https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2025-06-02-pali-lehohla-beyond-bee-vs-musk-debates-stop-begging-start-doing-like-boers-did-like-traore-does/). Little did I know everything that could go wrong with democracy would go really wrong in the US. It was a real dance to the Kay Invictus instrumental song titled Straatmate. Trump and Musk livened it up with straatmeid lyrics. ..
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