An incapable state that even breaks the rusks

27 June 2021 - 00:00 By peter bruce

Julius Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighters were on the streets of Pretoria on Friday protesting for the rapid approval by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) of Chinese and Russian vaccines. The fact that the vaccines may not work that well, not against our B.1.351 variant, nor the (Indian) Delta variant coming our way, was beside the point...

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