TOM EATON | Zille calls it ‘taking opportunities seriously’, some call it cronyism and anti-competition

The same vocal critic of state capture and ANC corruption should balk at the mechanisms apartheid used to leverage one demographic over another

30 May 2025 - 04:30

Apartheid has been called many things, from moral and economic corruption to a crime against humanity. But this week, Helen Zille added a surprising new definition: “opportunity”...

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