In his column Peter Bruce appears very concerned that something happens to our president (“Pray the president remains safe from Covid (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-07-22-peter-bruce-pray-the-president-remains-safe-from-covid/)”, July 22). After all, there are senior members in the government with health issues related to the virus who have recently been out of the public eye. I wish them all a speedy recovery.

Bruce’s article seems to suggest that without our `“Great Helmsman” we would be headed for the rocks. What he seems to have forgotten is the amazing power and wisdom of the ANC “collective”. Our president and other `leaders seriously, yet rather coyly, refer to this sage and August decision-making body as the last word on issues of governance, no matter how stupid...

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