Is Ramaphosa still running our country?

The EFF’s planned national shutdown is a direct threat to an economy already on its knees, and the government, as usual, is nowhere to be seen, writes Peter Bruce

12 March 2023 - 00:02

This country can lift you up and make you cry. I just watched Proteas captain Temba Bavuma reach 150 against the West Indies in Johannesburg and I just read a news story about how four electricians sent to restore power to a poor part of Ekurhuleni were murdered by a crowd who assumed they were cable thieves...

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