TOM EATON: New oligarchs, same old country
'We’re being shown things we didn’t want to see, like who has power and who has almost none'
04 April 2017 - 11:46
“When the sun rises over South Africa this morning it will be a new country.” In the first few minutes after Jacob Zuma’s midnight purge, the Facebook status of columnist Marianne Thamm spoke the feelings of a great many South Africans. It felt as if a Rubicon had been crossed; a temple curtain had torn. But I would respectfully disagree with Thamm. When the sun rose over a post-Gordhan South Africa, the only thing that had changed was the nationality of the landlords.
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