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Will the voters vote for or punish Shivambu?
The Star
|September 16, 2025
Today's politics are not the same as those of yesterday. In the past, activists fought the evil of apartheid. Now we are living in a democracy.
Therefore, anyone and everyone is allowed to be a politician. However, the calibre of our current political leaders is not so good. But I digress. Floyd Shivambu is a career politician. Shivambu knows nothing but politics.
When he left the MKP, many thought his political career had come to an end.
This story is from the September 16, 2025 edition of The Star.
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