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While the current crop of world leaders may leave a lot to be desired, a Jo’burg café is proving to be a breakfast frontrunner worthy of a following
Grace Mugabe and Robert, the man she props up every day to cut ribbons, must be clinking their champagne glasses and having a good old belly laugh up in Harare. Constitution? Who cares about violating the constitution, or even disrespecting the role of the judiciary in a proper democracy? A few weeks ago US President Donald J Trump had his executive order banning Muslims from seven countries from entering the US overturned by a judge. “The Donald”, in his usual style, promptly displayed his disrespect for the judiciary and his failure to understand the separation of powers. He tweeted: “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!”Hello? Is this a kindergarten or the US? A “so-called judge”? Really? I mean, if this is how this guy takes defeat, then we are in trouble. It is no different to Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh not respecting the election result because he lost — as though the election had b...
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