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The opportunity of the 29 May Elections is for South Africa to vote for new leaders with the commitment to complete the unfinished agenda of our transformation beyond the political settlement, writes the author. (Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
The opportunity of the 29 May Elections is for South Africa to vote for new leaders with the commitment to complete the unfinished agenda of our transformation beyond the political settlement, writes the author. (Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)

Transactional politics at all levels of government has created a huge feeding scheme for tenderpreneurs and their public official partners to tender for services that should be rendered by our overpaid, ineffectual and corrupt public servants, writes Mamphela Ramphele

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