Survival of the constitution depends on South Africa helping its poor

Whatever coalition forms in the coming days, it must place a universal basic income at the top of the agenda

02 June 2024 - 00:00 By ISOBEL FRYE

Parliamentary political parties have 14 days from the date of the final declaration of the 2024 election outcomes by the Electoral Commission to elect a president and a National Assembly Speaker. This will be the most brutal period of realpolitik since the negotiations for our transition to democracy...

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