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Are We Ever Going To Register

Registering for elections should be simple and straightforward. Since it’s so simple and straightforward that means someone is bound to find fault with it. What happens when people in power and people not in power find fault with something before a looming election.

They go to court and start complaining about something and some post weird memes – the latter a favorite weapon for party members confined to singing in the party choir. This time registering for elections is proving more difficult than balancing a balloon on a needle in a wind tunnel.

The whole process is overflowing with cringe and strife. There have been postponements after court cases after postponements after court cases.

Editor's Comment
Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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