Precisely because he is clean and competent, Pappas is a red rag to the ANC

Chris Pappas will be a formidable opponent in a province where, if polls are to be believed, the ANC could be hard-pressed to retain its majority

29 October 2023 - 00:04

The ANC, it would seem, suffers from what one could describe as a Passas syndrome — an inability to see the speck in  your own eye and an eagerness to pull down those doing good or earning an honest living...

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