Boardroom Talk – Cronje lashes the ANC’s latest blunder, this time defending Hamas

Boardroom Talk – Cronje lashes the ANC’s latest blunder, this time defending Hamas

Cronje is appalled by the ANC's public endorsement of Hamas, whose members celebrated heinous acts such as beheading dozens of infants.
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By Alec Hogg

I've enjoyed the privilege of engaging with Dr. Frans Cronje for several years, during which time he has consistently been a rational beacon in South Africa's emotional political landscape. Cronje had a knack of offering sobering insights. Even though they angered those in powerful circles, both in Pretoria and corporate boardrooms.

During an interview recorded at his IRR office in February 2018, the then CEO of SA's leading thinktank surprised me—and our audience—by expressing optimism about the country's future. The arch-bear on SA reasoned that we'd hit rock bottom and that the end of the Zuma era signalled better days ahead.

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