In politics, it is crucial to be taken seriously by both your supporters and your opponents. Stigmatisation poses the biggest danger to any orator. Is it too late for Cyril Ramaphosa, asks Vrye Weekblad?
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In politics, it is crucial to be taken seriously by both your supporters and your opponents. Stigmatisation poses the biggest danger to any orator; even when your facts are correct, your pronouncements are untrustworthy. Like Zuma, our history is dotted with once sober and clear voices who traded their values and dignity for a bowl of lentil soup.
Tony Leon is occasionally very sharp. If you want an intelligent explanation of our current political landscape, his narratives are informative to the extreme. However, black South Africans will not forgive his “fight back” propaganda and his voice has been relegated to page 3 of the Sunday papers.
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