The ANC’s election strategy in two words: Jacob Zuma

Ramaphosa’s presidency has been based on a lie, that his predecessor is the cause of government rot

04 February 2024 - 00:03

Slowly the ANC’s election strategy is beginning to emerge. It’s very simple. It will revolve around one man: Jacob Zuma. He was the problem. They will excitedly tell us, as though it’s a new revelation, that now that the problem is gone, they can begin with the serious business of providing the nice goodies they’ve been promising the electorate for the past 30 years...

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