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Presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa represent the best and ever-more worst of our struggling democracy – and this must change, writes the author. (Gallo Images)
Presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa have collectively and individually seen South Africa through its heights and, to varying degrees, presided over its decline. It is time for younger leaders to step up, argues Mpumelelo Mkhabela.
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