MAKHUDU SEFARA | Using the nation’s pain for political gain is repulsive

Is it too much to expect our politicians to just simply help?

24 April 2022 - 00:00

By Makhudu Sefara

The aftermath of the devastation caused by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal has unleashed something not as troubling as poverty porn, but quite repulsive and close: the naked use of the nation’s anguish for political gain.

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