Crush the cult, Cyril, or it’s all over come 2024

The party’s tendency to put loyalists on pedestals will be its downfall

30 December 2022 - 00:01

The ANC is broken. It has become a brand that survives on its struggle record, used now to mobilise supporters of that past to retain state control and for members to secure opportunities therein...

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