Cash for votes is the real reason for the ANC’s slow, painful death

Attempts to reform the party are doomed to failure unless the practice of buying votes for top positions is ended

20 February 2022 - 00:01

The ANC, many believe, will lose its grip on national and provincial governments in just over 24 months. The pessimists, who consider themselves the realists, say “The ANC is already dead. Long may it live in spirit”...

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