SLR: Political climate perfect for Cyril's blame game
Simon Lincoln Reader looks back at political and social events in South Africa this week. He unpicks what he says was a carefully orchestrated deflection of blame by the ruling party. A coincidental trip to Switzerland by local billionaire Johann Rupert, who received a Covid-19 vaccine, was the perfect distraction from the disastrous vaccine procurement failure at home. Under increasing pressure from all sides, Cyril Ramaphosa used the World Economic Forum to point another finger at wealthy nations, accusing them of vaccine nationalism and hoarding. Reader says the political climate is perfec...
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