Cyril’s credit may prove on Monday to have been flushed away
31 October 2021 - 00:00
Back in 1970, in the whites-only general election, the United Party (UP) campaigned with a poster: “Want TV? Vote UP!” My progressive teenage set ridiculed the official opposition for such a marginal message, given the miseries of apartheid...
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