During the Covid-19 crisis, it would be an understatement to say to hell with ideology
Projecting our pseudo-intellectualism has led us to reject tried and tested development principles, which has brought us to the precipice
28 April 2020 - 15:57
The decisive medical and economic response of the SA government to the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is both laudable and telling. While widespread praise and plaudits have been heaped on the government for the strict lockdown measures, we should not get ahead of ourselves to think that we are unique.
SA exceptionalism as a result of our past and a tinge of national arrogance — given our standing on the African continent — has meant that we have ignored our indelible socioeconomic ills, somehow thinking they will disappear by themselves because we are special...
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