STEVEN FRIEDMAN: SA’s skewed democracy throws citizens to the wolves
07 July 2020 - 15:59
This country’s democracy works well when it needs to stop what the government does — but not when it needs to get it to do its duty.
It is fashionable to claim that the Zuma presidency showed that democracy here failed — it was, we were told, meant to prevent government leaders from using public office for private benefit and did not do its job. ..
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