LETTER: History shows power also blinds
ANC fails to see the damage its pursuit of power and voracious appetite for wealth is causing SA
09 February 2020 - 21:58
As the saying goes “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. However, if the past 10 years are anything to go by, power also blinds. It blinds those who possess it to the often dire consequences of their pursuit for power.
Take the ANC factional battles, for example. Their unhinged pursuit of power and voracious appetite for wealth, which are a bad combination, have blinded the party from seeing the immense damage that they are causing to the country...
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