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Viruses and Mbeki’s vivid delusions cause a syndrome that will kill SA
The former president's determination to resist reality has always been resolute
Thabo Mbeki understands your gloom. No, really, he gets it.
SA, the former president told an audience and Fin24 on Thursday evening, has a “permissive atmosphere” that “allows for” the current tide of violence sweeping the country.
“It’s very difficult not to be depressed,” he added, his baritone barely audible over the whine of a violin and the plink-plink of crocodile tears plopping down on to his fire-warmed slippers...
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