OPINION | Deputy President Paul Mashatile and his coterie of spin doctors won't succeed in 'changing the narrative' of the very real and troubling revelations exposed by News24, writes Adriaan Basson.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile and his coterie of spin doctors won't succeed inAdriaan Basson.
The famous American president Abraham Lincoln is credited with the wonderful saying,"you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time". I thought of this quote as I read the umpteenth"fightback" interview with Deputy President Paul Mashatile in the wake of News24's explosive revelations into the billionaire lifestyle of our kept second-in-charge.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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