Our Perverse Guide to South African Politics

In the run-up to the South African election, Tommy Dennis presents a 'Perverse Guide to South African Politics.'

Our Perverse Guide to South African Politics

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African National Congress

“Thank the ANC for the end of Apartheid, thank the ANC for sliced bread, thank the ANC for Jesus, thank the ANC for rain, thank the ANC for the Sun, and thank the ANC for the creation of the Earth. In fact thank the ANC for your lives, everyone everywhere even Australia will have an ANC branch. Thank you ANC, for the mixture of CO2 and H2O for O2. Thank the ANC for Nelson Mandela. Thank the ANC for not being Malawi. Also vote for any other party in South Africa and they’ll bring back Apartheid.”

^^^This is from one of Jacob Zuma’s campaign speeches.

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