Tony Leon | 'National' needs to be removed from the party label 'African National Congress'
Jettisoning its claims for non-racialism and for a more inclusive country suggests the ANC might have chosen the wrong turn - along with the water and electricity outages on which it is likely to be judged, writes the author. Last Friday evening, I attended a dinner in Cape Town addressed by the writer and associate editor of the conservative magazine, The Spectator, Douglas K Murray, and author of the best-seller"The Madness of Crowds".
In an interview there with Gareth Cliff, Murray suggested that South Africa's case against Israel on genocide charges before the International Court of Justice, fitted a trope of sorts:"When governments can't attend to the basics, they try something grandiose."South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism.
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