Misadventures of a Cope Volunteer -My Crash Course in Politics
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What happens when you form a political party six months before a general election? And instantly become the hope of the nation? Mostly chaos! At least that is what 26-year-old Michiel le Roux encounters when he quits his enviable job as a banker at Absa to “make a difference”.
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Two years ago Michiel le Roux threw caution to the wind and quit his lucrative job at investment bank to follow a dream .He volunteered for Cope ,the fledgling party that , with less than six months to go before the 2009 general election , took on the continent`s oldest liberation ,movement , the ANC.And so begins his crash course in politics, a wild ride of rallies and road trips, of blind optimism and bitter disillusionment.In a party paralysed by a lack of funds , administrative ineptitude and power struggles, Le Roux quickly loses his political innocence.ecichiel le “Two years ago MRoux threw caution to the wind and quit his lucrative job at an investmentecichiel le “Two years ago MRoux threw caution to the wind and quit his lucrative job at an investmentecichiel le “Two years ago MRoux threw caution to the wind and quit his lucrative job at an investment
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Date Published | 2010 |
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Publisher | |
Language | English |
Specifications | Softcover, 20x14cm, 164pp |