Opinion
Ramaphosa offers us a limp red herring when what we really need are Covid vaccines
31 January 2021 - 00:03
It is a tactic as old as the hills - when a leader finds himself in a spot of bother at home, he looks elsewhere for a scapegoat or tries some manoeuvre to change the subject, such as manufacturing a crisis or suddenly finding a reason to go to war. That not only deflects attention from the real crisis, it also unites the nation behind the leader and against a common enemy...
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