SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: The virus of despots and cretins
The Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the manifest failings of some of the world’s political leaders
03 April 2020 - 06:00
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“It can take a grave national crisis to fire a flare, revealing the ugliest features of a society defined by injustices that the wealthy and powerful would rather forget.” That’s what Owen Jones argues in his latest column (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/after-coronavirus-left-cure-social-ills) for The Guardian...
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