🇿🇦 South Africa 4h ago · Kekeletso Nakeli

When notoriety becomes celebrity

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When notoriety becomes celebrity
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Serge Cabonge’s name emerging in the case involving former Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya is another indication of how South Africa allows almost anyone to become relevant, even when that relevance may be entirely unnecessary.



We know little about some of these individuals, have questions about their activities and yet the moment their names are mentioned in serious proceedings, we remember them.



Suddenly, they occupy our conversations, dominate headlines and become familiar fi

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