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Author: Jeffrey Herbst & Greg Mills

Jeffrey Herbst & Greg Mills

Jeffrey Herbst is President and CEO of the Newseum. Greg Mills is the director of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation. They are co-authors of ‘How South Africa Works’ and ‘Making Africa Work’.

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    Why Zuma’s eventual departure won’t solve South Africa’s woes

    President Zuma is uniquely bad, but he hasn’t just enriched himself. Many people now have vested interests in the corrupt system he’s established. South Africa’s President ...
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