EDITORIAL: New tax resistance threat to fragile SA
Thanks to the state’s handling of the lockdown, ours has become a country where the risk of rebellion has never been higher since democracy
20 August 2020 - 05:00
South Africans — illicit cigarette smugglers, the ANC Women’s League and a smattering of EFF populists aside — may have been united in their delight at moving to a less restrictive level 2 lockdown this week, but that’s probably where the sense of national unity ends.
One of the harshest lockdowns in the world may have helped avoid a ghastly crush on hospitals, but it has left traumatic financial and social scars — and a country divided like never before...
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