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Budget speech analysis with Frans Cronje, DA leadership race and 'too many' black netball players

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Nicholas Lorimer asks Frans Cronje and Hermann Pretorius for their thoughts on the Finance Minister’s Medium-term Budget Policy Statement, who they think will win the DA leadership contest, and why a netball team was disqualified for having too many black players.

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29 Oct 2020 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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