Baptism of fire for new head of Ramaphosa’s image control

Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya had barely got his feet under the desk when Arthur Fraser dropped his $4m bombshell

05 June 2022 - 00:00

Spare a thought for Vincent Magwenya, the new presidential spokesperson. He had hardly had his first decent cup of tea at his new office in the Union Buildings when he found himself in the eye of what threatens to be a huge  political storm for his boss...

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