SA’s toxic mix of white fear and black political entrepreneurialism
Voters make their choices on the basis of ‘low information rationality’, in an ideological vacuum, while aspirant leaders use elections to acquire wealth and status
26 May 2024 - 00:00
Apart from the first democratic elections in April 1994, there has never been, and probably never will be, as much euphoria about the national and provincial elections in South Africa than what we are witnessing in the current frenzy around the upcoming general elections...
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