PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ – Mam’Nontsapho and the same old white guys

Julius Malema is in court in East London, and Rob Rose and Zukile Majova have thoughts on whether a judge should ever factor in what happens outside the courtroom when handing down a sentence. 

Then they get into the big one: the DA just elected Geordin Hill-Lewis as leader and the question is whether another white guy at the top is enough of a break from the past. Zuks’s grandmother wouldn’t open the door for a big white man knocking. Would she open it for Helen Zille? Almost certainly. And that tells you everything about the DA’s problem. 

They also get into the ANC’s generational rot, the Phala Phala report and why Ramaphosa was never really a leader – just the only option available. 

Sharp Sharp is a podcast on South African politics, money and power from Currency and Scrolla.Africa. New episode every week.

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