SAM MKOKELI: With South Africa on autopilot, how long before we crash?
Our so-called leaders are nonentities or unprincipled, or, all too often, both — and our president is not up to the job
07 May 2023 - 09:26
The lack of direction of our government came under the spotlight this week, with our best politicians swooshing around Washington, Beijing and Pretoria. While public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan was in China, deputy minister Obed Bapela felt the need to boast about donating classrooms and shoes to needy children.
This in the same week the auditor-general criticised the department in parliament for being an ineffective shareholder representative...
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