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The chortling schoolboy fluffs his sonorous monologue

William Saunderson-Meyer by William Saunderson-Meyer 15 February 201517 February 2015

It was the best and worse of South African political discourse. It was the raw hope of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison exactly 25 years ago this week, reduced to a squabbling farce. It was the magisterial Chair of the National Chamber of Provinces versus the classroom monitor pettiness of the Speaker of the National […]

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