Riding the ghost train to power?
19 May 2024 - 00:00
Hogarth knows that in an attempt to interest the young in voting in the upcoming elections some opposition parties have been promoting a catchy “2024 is our 1994” slogan. But he didn’t think any of the parties would take this literally by seeking to take the voter back to the olden days. Old Hog was busy in his garden, with SABC on the radio, when he heard what he thought was a familiar voice urging the electorate to vote for his party. But the voice sounded like that of a veteran politician who departed the world of the living many moons ago, long before the election date was even announced...
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