Rise of Trump stinks of state capture
We’ve seen this movie before and we know how it ends: with institutions gutted, trust shattered and hope auctioned off for political survival
13 April 2025 - 00:00
There’s something darkly familiar about the rise of Trump 2.0 — a sense of déjà vu that should send shivers down the spines of anyone who lived through South Africa’s own era of state capture...
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