Dube-Ncube will need Machiavellian wits about her to survive politically
14 August 2022 - 00:00
Nomusa Dube-Ncube will need all of Machiavelli's tactics of statecraft for her new job as premier of KwaZulu-Natal. Her ascension has been hailed as a victory for women but it may just be a cup of poison. Her predecessors Sihle Zikalala and Senzo Mchunu were both forced from office by the boiling factional politics in the province...
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