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</style></head><body style="background-color:#fff;margin:0;padding:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;text-size-adjust:none"><div class="sailthru-emco-preheader" style="display: none; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Do one thing to learn how to run</div><div style="display:none"><a href=""><img src="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/img/654b96d2a426663d33afca23l1ika.2i0e/20592ebf.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><table class="nl-container" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row row-1" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table 
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style="margin:0;color:#232323;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:19px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:22.8px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">"Very impressed with all candidates, quite honestly. How fortunate that we have this kind of talent pool waiting in the wings of our politics. Potentially the best political landscape we've had since ‘94."<br></span></h1></td>
</tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:15px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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style="margin:0;color:#262626;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:33.6px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Rumble in the Jozi jungle</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" 
style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:30px;padding-top:20px"><div style="color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:150%;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:27px"><p style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
Amid the flag-burning (DA), infighting (MK), silence (EFF) and outright daydreaming (CapeXit), Gauteng delivered a tonic of constructive, positive debate on Thursday night.</p><p style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
The Daily Maverick Debate in Bryanston saw Gauteng Premier candidates from the DA, Rise Mzansi, Bosa and ActionSA <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35342650.116654/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMTAtZ2F1dGVuZy1wcmVtaWVyLWhvcGVmdWxzLWluY3JlYXNlLWluZnJhc3RydWN0dXJlLXNwZW5kaW5nLWZvci1qb2JzLWJvb3N0LXdhdGVyLWFuZC1lbGVjdHJpY2l0eS1kZWxpdmVyeS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1tYXZlcmlja19zcG9ydHMmbWxlPU1FZGpjelZOWVVwWmVGQnVabU4yU2tkdlFVSlhVRU54YURNNVNFOHJWRkZsWWtWUGRpdDVZbnBEVGxCc00ydDNkMGhDUVRoc1dGaFhhRWs1YVVwdVFXcEtUREZrYlNzclJUUnpVVGhqT0VoRGVqZE1URWhrTkNzd1V6VkRibkJsVUdOcVJ6TklaMlZUYTBkUmJVMHliVWRYYlN0dlNrZG5URUkxVW5aRFdYSSUzRA/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Bf3a366c4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #08517d;" rel="noopener">discuss some of the most critical issues</a> facing the province. As someone who lives in Gauteng, it was a tonic to hear reasoned, intelligent solutions coming from young leaders in these parties that speak more volumes than any shock ad.</p><p
style="margin:0">That the ANC’s premier candidate deigned not to even attend and speak directly to constituents should be telling. The province is beset by a host of critical issues that were decades in the making. Finding solutions is not easy, but if we judge based on Thursday’s offerings, they are there, if one only considers them.</p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" 
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src="https://media.sailthru.com/composer/images/sailthru-prod-7o7/DM%20PREMIER%20DEBATE_IH%20122.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" height="auto"></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" 
style="padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#111;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:18px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">"Attendees enjoy the cutting commentary from Gauteng's premier candidates." (Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee)</span></h1></td>
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We know you are <em>gatvol </em>of negativity and outright loathsome behaviour by your political leaders. You’ve told us so for several years running. And while the DA’s flag-burning ad generates a buzz, it also beats a dull hammer against that wall of pessimism hanging over much of SA. Combine this with Helen Zille’s "<a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35342650.116654/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1tMmx0ZVFnMUd5NCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPVNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW1hdmVyaWNrX3Nwb3J0cyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Ba5ac48e4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #08517d;" rel="noopener">Rescue SA or die" video</a>, and we begin to enter the realm of the bizarre.
</p><p style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">After all, it takes a lot of chardonnay to get to the point where a doomsday-esque prophecy is considered the most constructive PR strategy, just weeks before the country’s most important elections since 1994. Thankfully, judging from the hugely positive response to Gauteng’s premier candidates, and their own constructive, bullshit-free solutions for a broken province, the negativity has not seeped too far down the flagpole.</p><p 
style="margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">So take heart, South African voters: behind the wall of elderly men lies a veritable host of young aspiring leaders with real, intelligent solutions to the country’s problems.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0">Listen to them.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div 
class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:600px"><img src="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DM-PREMIER-DEBATE_IH-127.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" height="auto"></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" 
style="padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#111;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:18px">"Premier Debate. From left to right on stage: Solly Msimanga, Nobuntu Hlazo Webster, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, Adv. Reuben Masango and Stephen Grootes."<br>
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">&nbsp;"Finland seems such a calm country until it comes to Eurovision."</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:35px;padding-top:5px"><div 
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In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Eurovision 2024 this week, with the finals on tonight.&nbsp; Given how awful the world seems to be right currently, Eurovision is a wonderful reminder that, sometimes, humanity can be amazing. Or in the case of Finland, utterly insane. My current favourite for winner: Rim Tim Tagi Dim from Baby Lasagna in Croatia.</p><p id="toolbar" style="margin:0"></p></div></td></tr></table><table class="video_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" 
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