SAM MKOKELI: The lame duck that perfectly suits a quacking ANC
Heavily compromised party leaders would be threatened by a too-clean president, writes Sam Mkokeli
11 December 2022 - 05:49
“Hydro-politics”, we’ve been told, will dominate public affairs in the 21st century. That is certainly the case as the ANC elective conference approaches. Gwede Mantashe, ANC chair and mineral resources and energy minister, has recently displayed good water-animal skills.
It’s said a good politician, when witnessing an overflowing river, has to decide whether to swim with the tide or against it, but never to let the opportunity go to waste...
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