TOM EATON | A week is a long time for critics and politicians in the aftermath of a tragedy
For things to improve you need a functioning government, that’s why this tragedy will change nothing
31 August 2023 - 21:40
As the horror of the Johannesburg fire becomes clearer, a macabre but familiar South African ritual has begun, with citizens blaming the dead and politicians blaming everyone else as they wait for the standard solution to take effect: the inevitable forgetting of the whole thing a few days later...
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