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If we, SA’s privileged, don’t give generously now, we will pay dearly later

31 March 2020 - 08:00 By Max du Preez
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Sandton skyline seen from Alexandra township. The writer says without donations from the privileged, mass starvation is inevitable.
Sandton skyline seen from Alexandra township. The writer says without donations from the privileged, mass starvation is inevitable.
Image: Alon Skuy

Many of us in the middle classes moan, as the old Afrikaans saying goes, with a white loaf under the arm.

But without donations from us, mass starvation is inevitable and, with it, a dire threat to our democracy.

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