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South Africa’s drowning middle class | Daily Friend Wrap

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Nicholas Lorimer and Gerbrandt van Heerden discuss the desperate state of the South African middle class and what this means for our politics and economics.
17 Aug 2023 9AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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