Opinion

Show us the vaccines - and make sure they're kept safe from the looters

25 April 2021 - 00:00 By barney mthombothi

If truth be told, few - if any - believed that the government would deliver on its stated vaccine promises. South Africans have learnt from bitter experience not to take their government at its word. It either lies to hide its incompetence or simply moves the goalposts. To preserve our sanity, we often have to take what it says with a dollop of salt...

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