Much like us, the US is in a terrible jam. Unlike us, the coming election gives it a way out

23 August 2020 - 00:00 By barney mthombothi

Our situation has become so prohibitively gloomy and depressing that, in a vain attempt to seek some solace, we tend to cast around the globe to see who else is in a similarly precarious position...

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