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Referendum to lead SA forward?

THE Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown has officially exceeded 200 days, and the reality is clear that the aftershock is going to stay with us for years to come.

Despite the devastation caused by the pandemic, Covid-19 could be the break South Africa needs to reset itself.

South Africa’s poor economic development history and telenovelalike drama playing out at the Zondo Commission among other places, are showing that a great referendum could be the answer.

A referendum on the political and public policy choices of the ANC government over the past two decades could shed some much-needed light on what is needed to

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