Ray Hartley, The Times (South Africa) editor, interviews Jeremy Cronin, top intellectual and currently Minister of Transport in South Africa.
Via The Wild Frontier (Hartley’s blog)
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Cronin never ceases to amaze me. I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for that man.
Sean,
Cronin is thought provoking as always.
Btw he is the deputy minister of transport, not the minister.
Eh, I suppose. I liked the dig on Mandela’s ‘a house for everyone’ plan