Elitist private funders a danger to democracy

09 June 2024 - 00:00 By Robyn Pasensie

Voting day may have come and gone but the storm rages on as to who will nab the top spot. The mighty tumble the ANC took has been compounded by the sharp ascendancy of the MK Party. In an election routinely highlighted as the most significant since 1994, the emergence of new political alternatives to challenge the established political regime seemed especially important and necessary...

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