No potholes here | Premier Bushy Maape recently told opposition leaders in Parliament that there were no issues with his province's roads. Photo: Kabo Letlhogela
Perhaps North West Premier Bushy Maape is speaking his truth when he says there are no potholes in his province. But as Qaanitah Hunter points out, he probably doesn't feel a thing as he is chauffeured about in fancy German sedans, subsidised by the taxpayer.
Politicians are delusional people. They live in an alternate reality far away from the lived experience of ordinary South Africans who are faced with the cold reality of government's failures daily.
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