Opinion

There's nothing like a crisis to bring out the true colours in everybody

The systemic and individual weaknesses (and the strengths) in SA's ecosystem are being exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Mark Barnes

12 April 2020 - 00:00 By Mark Barnes

"I see your true colours shining through. And that's why I love you." Lyrics from Cyndi Lauper's 1986 hit single, fabulously extrovert woman that she is. There's nothing like a crisis to bring out the true colours in everybody...

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