{"id":136077,"date":"2024-01-24T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=136077"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:46:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:46:36","slug":"letter-from-the-dm168-editor-zumas-curious-new-loyalty-shows-how-far-into-the-bizarre-sa-politics-has-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=136077","title":{"rendered":"LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR: Zuma\u2019s curious new loyalty shows how far into the bizarre SA politics has fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These ANC RET breakaways and the mushrooming of more than 200 political parties ahead of this year\u2019s elections make our ballot paper into not so much a marketplace of considered political choices but a frenetic bazaar of the bizarre&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2024-01-12-zumas-curious-new-loyalty-shows-how-far-into-the-bizarre-sa-politics-has-fallen\/\" class=\"button purchase\" 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