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What to know about SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA
There is a beer hall conspiracy, largely peddled by former members of the so-called radical economic transformation faction of the ANC, that suggests President Cyril Ramaphosa was planted in the party with the sole mandate of reducing its electoral majority.
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What happened
There is a beer hall conspiracy, largely peddled by former members of the so-called radical economic transformation faction of the ANC, that suggests President Cyril Ramaphosa was planted in the party with the sole mandate of reducing its electoral majority.
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Common ground
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