Opinion

A populace seemingly bent on self-destruction needs to be saved from itself

27 December 2020 - 00:03 By Sunday Times Editorial

It is said of common sense that it is not as common as it should be, and how true this seems today as South Africans exhibit a lemming-like urge to rush headlong into the sea, perishing on the waves of hubris and bravado, and drowning in self-inflicted ignorance. How else does one explain the almost unbelievable scenes playing out across the country in wanton defiance of the remaining Covid lockdown rules?..

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