When you get rid of a scapegoat, like De Ruyter, who’s left to blame?
Load-shedding, Mr President, is the No 1 problem facing the country. It should be your absolute priority
18 December 2022 - 00:01
I remember it as if it were yesterday: the night I came home to find the gate obstinately refusing to obey the remote control. It was a shattering experience — and I was overwhelmed at once by anger, disbelief, despair and helplessness...
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