Will these aides help ministers feed at the trough?

Some live in a world the rest of us mortals can only dream about

16 October 2022 - 00:00 By Sunday Times Editorial

“Food aides’’ for ministers, “household aides”, and unlimited free water and electricity in their official residences. While the rest of the country battles rising food prices, soaring interest rates and a fuel price at historic highs, it seems President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet ministers live in a world all of their own. A world that the rest of us mortals can only dream about...

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