Just too many unanswered questions around Mashatile
Premium 04 August 2025
We need to talk about Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
Mashatile's sudden declaration that he lives in a sumptuous house in Constantia, Cape Town, after years of dodging disclosure of the property and its provenance must force the ANC, and SA, to confront itself and the pedigree of people it refers to as public representatives. ..
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