Cry, the beloved city as riff-raff rise to the top
The very idea that the country’s biggest city — its commercial capital — has possibly had a swindler who preyed on the poor serving as its mayor says much about the state of our politics
27 October 2024 - 00:03
Like anybody else who has been accused of a crime but has not been found guilty by a court of law, former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has a right to be presumed innocent...
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