How disappointing to see editor Lukanyo Mnyanda echoing columnist Peter Bruce’s rant over the UK media’s use of the description “South African variant” in describing a strain of the Covid-19 virus identified by local scientists (“British press’s variant bogeyman a dangerous diversion (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2021-02-07-lukanyo-mnyanda-british-press-variant-bogeyman-a-dangerous-diversion/)”, February 7, and “We get a lot wrong but we didn’t create the ‘SA variant (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2021-02-03-peter-bruce-we-get-a-lot-wrong-but-we-didnt-create-the-sa-variant/)’”, February 3).
Why either of these seasoned journalists should feel the country’s reputation is being unfairly tarnished because of this geographical name tag is beyond me...
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