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If Helen Zille is the person who can make things work, then bring her to the city immediately

17 June 2025 - 04:30

If it is true that the DA’s Helen Zille is an unrepentant racist and the political child of apartheid architect Hendrik Verwoerd, why are so many “upstanding” members of our political elite so scared of the possibility of her running for the “lowly” job of mayor of Johannesburg? ..

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