A mask depicting Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is seen on the floor, after the lower house of Congress voted to proceed with the impeachment of Rousseff, during a protest against her in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

WORLDVIEW: No Brazil moment, but pressure keeps building on SA’s demagogue

Veteran political journalist Donwald Pressly caught up with its deputy SG Jeremy Cronin and posed some interesting questions around the Macron phenomenon and SA’s possible “Brazil moment”.

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10 Jul 2017, 5:30 am

As the youthful new French President Emmanuel Macron has shown, old-style "isms" describing popular worldviews have been thrown in the dumpster. Macron's new party incorporated the best ideas of the political left and the right – and won unprecedented support from voters. This "radical middle" looks like the new way.

Witnessing this is not the only reason why free enterprise supporters like myself have been taking a different approach towards South Africa's Communist Party. Even those who hate this particular "ism" cannot deny the crucial role being played by the SACP in exposing corruption that has mushroomed under the Zuma Administration.

Veteran political journalist Donwald Pressly caught up with its deputy SG Jeremy Cronin last week and posed some interesting questions around the Macron phenomenon and SA's possible "Brazil moment".

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