TOM EATON | Ramaphosa’s perfect storm of political pitfalls in sharp focus

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This week is about deciding who gets to sit where in the lifeboats as they paddle away from a sunken state

As the president frantically scrabbles through his Rolodex of alibis ahead of Thursday’s state of the nation address, and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma asks her special team of pleasure-killing gnomes how much electricity could be freed up by banning rotisserie chickens under a possible new state of disaster, the rest of us are marking a major milestone in our

ongoing state of absurdity: today is our 100th consecutive day of load-shedding, a monument to such immense and unique failure that everybody in the ANC deserves to take a bow...You’ve always trusted us to help you navigate the world. Support the Sunday Times by becoming a premium member for only R80 and keep the conversation going. You can cancel anytime.

 

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