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ANC's 2024 election trump cards - BIG and Russia. But WSM reckons both will come at a price.

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Jaundiced Eye by William Saunderson-Meyer has been dissecting SA politics for three decades, making it the longest-running column of its kind. WSM's insights are applied to good use in this interview, where he picks up on his friend RW Johnson's warning about Russian influence in SA's watershed 2024 election and shares thoughts on the Eskom disaster; the SA president's long-delayed but still pending cabinet reshuffle; and chances of the country avoiding a "disastrous" ANC/EFF coalition after next year's poll. He spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Feb 2023 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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