At least this crude coup attempt has us talking about vital issues

18 July 2021 - 00:00 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

Over the past seven days, we have been witness to, if not a coup then a crude, smash-and-grab attempt to subvert our constitutional democracy, instigated by and on behalf of a man so morally bankrupt that it is a wonder he was ever allowed to get within sniffing distance of the presidency...

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