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OPINION | 'South Africans will only appreciate right to vote when it's taken away from them' - Prince Mashele

It is better to be governed by an idiot in whose installation you have had a hand than to be ruled by a sage who has imposed himself.But his alleged wisdom springs from the accident of birth. There must be people far more intelligent than the king in eSwatini.

Those who live in democracies tend to think that a vote is insignificant, while those who dwell in dictatorships would thank God for life in a democracy. It is better to be governed by an idiot in whose installation you have had a hand than to be ruled by a sage who has imposed himself.

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