Dear John, it's not me it's you
06 July 2025 - 00:00
Who would have thought the eminent pipe-smoking philosopher-president would one day have to take a brief break from retirement to write a “Dear John” letter. It was not quite the usual such letter — penned by one lover to ditch the other — but it did mark the end of a distant relationship between former president Thabo Mbeki and the DA...
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