Samkele Maseko: ANC & DA? Same Thing Different Label

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Journalist Samkele Maseko tells Chester Missing why the ANC and DA are “the same thing, different label,” how the black middle class owns nothing, and why South African politics is “for stupid people.” Sharp insights meet savage satire.
3 Dec English South Africa Government · Comedy

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