Vaccines and the need to once again fight the Covid war on two fronts

20 December 2020 - 00:00 By barney mthombothi

President Cyril Ramaphosa has probably in his two years in office made more speeches than all his predecessors put together. If not so, it must be pretty close. Which probably may explain why on Monday he referred to those watching as his family. He's been communicating so regularly with us it may feel like we're part of his household. But any familial bonding seems either patchy or nonexistent. Instead, public weariness and cynicism are almost tangible...

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