Mashaba propaganda all wrong

Hard on the heels of ActionSA being outed for “street interviewing” its own staff and passing this off as genuine, on the back of Herman Mashaba’s sponsored “unauthorised” biography, The Citizen has reverted to its roots as a propaganda outlet, carrying no less than three articles supporting Herman Mashaba, pictured, (including quoting “independent analysts” with all the credibility of Michael Beaumont’s street interview or a Donald Trump tweet).

- Colin Braude

For some reason, while The Citizen ran after its pet analyst cosplayers, it failed to consult any pollsters, particularly the highly accurate Social Research Foundation. Even that highly unreliable barometer, X, shows Zille as a favourite.