Track the National Disaster Management Act Amendment Bill here introduced by @GroenewaldPJ. More Parliamentary oversight, less duration n maybe, finally, no more Mrs Zol ex Zuma in charge!
As was evident too from some of the early commentary on the ANC government’s response to the Covid-19 epidemic there is very little current knowledge of the Virodene Affair, one of the earliest and greatest ANC scandals, and one which should 1/2
.... have permanently disqualified Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma from public office. The manuscript contains the definitive account of that scandal, and how it led into Thabo Mbeki’s infamous policies of ‘AIDS denialism’. 2/2
There is deep concern right now over South Africa’s current predicament, but the understanding of it is very shallow. This has led to the circulation of various destructive or unhelpful myths – all trying to explain why the liberation movement has failed to deliver on its....