TOM EATON | Time to discuss the youth — but maybe not
Youth Day saw our ruling gerontocracy wheel out nothing but stale rhetoric
18 June 2025 - 04:30
It’s been a startling few days, not least for the great and the good (and also some ANC people) roped into Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue™ Terms and Condition Apply, who learnt over the weekend that the process will cost about R700m — presumably because their musings will be engraved directly onto sheets of platinum...
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