Forget a state of disaster and fire the fools responsible

It only took a change of leadership and a matter of days for the government to overturn a decade-long policy of denialism based on the junk science notion that HIV does not cause Aids

05 February 2023 - 00:01 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

It is utterly infuriating to watch the ANC cynically testing the notion in the media that South Africa needs to declare a national state of disaster to address the electricity crisis...

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