CHRIS ROPER: Never mind the truth, Mashaba
Herman Mashaba’s casual disregard for the facts about migrants in SA is a dangerous appeal to populism, and carries the seeds of violence
19 November 2020 - 05:00
Some of our readers might remember an animated TV show called Pinky and the Brain. It featured two mice living in a test lab. Pinky is lovable but idiotic and Brain is an obsessed, scheming mastermind.
In each episode, if memory serves me, Pinky would say: "Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?" And Brain would answer: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky — try to take over the world!"..
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