🇿🇦 South Africa 1d ago · William Saunderson-Meyer

One-horse party poopers

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One-horse party poopers
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There are two ways to fail as a citizen on 4 November. The first is not to vote.



The second is to waste your vote on the dizzying array of parties and pseudo-independent candidates.



Reason why people go into politics



While it is true some independent councillors are motivated by the desire to make a local contribution, most of the political minnows are just vehicles to advance the ambitions of their founders.



Yet, in finely balanced municipal councils, they wield power wildly disprop

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