Editorial

Leadership failures and a lack of public trust mean lockdown is in your hands

12 July 2020 - 00:03 By Sunday Times Editorial

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane summed up SA’s Covid-19 crisis of credibility  this week when he said: “We are calling for a paradigm shift from a top-down to a bottom-up approach. People are folding their arms, waiting for the government and police to tell them don’t do this, don’t do that...

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