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Land Reform & the NPA gets some heat

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Justice returns to studio for the last time on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. He leaves on a fiery footing as he delves deep into Cyril Ramaphosa's strange sudden announcement around changing the constitution on land reform. Justice and Gareth assess all the elements at play here, plus the NPA finally getting some heat that could lead to some long-awaited justice of its own. Nando's · The Burning Platform
2 Aug 2018 English South Africa Politics · News

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