Letters to the editor

The real opposition is now in SA's provinces and towns

02 June 2019 - 00:00

The election delivered a sea change in opposition dynamics. The "official opposition" and the "real opposition" are two very different animals. The one a joke in terminal complacency, the other an existential threat to the future of this country. Can Tony Leon tell which is which?..

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