Opinion
Lack of electoral consequences turns the pillars of our democracy into its soft underbelly
21 February 2021 - 00:00
It's quite ironic - and sad - that the South African democratic project seems to be coming a cropper despite the painstaking efforts made at the very beginning to produce what we thought was an enduring and accountable system that would be the envy of the world...
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