Unless people change their selfish and reckless behavior, we will have wave after wave, with more people getting sick, more job losses, more alcohol bans, and more people dying.
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So as a country we are again having to face what the majority of South Africans and people in the developing world know all too well: Access depends on money.
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Unfortunately, the vast majority of people around the globe have cared (and complained) more about the inconvenience of the regulations than the lives of others.
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It seems to be that there are much larger dangers than those peddled by conspiracy theorists, writes Melanie Verwoerd.
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I love this country with all my heart, but these days I often find more tears than joy.
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While several important measures were taken at this past weekend’s G20 summit, they do not address the actual cause of the pandemic, writes Melanie Verwoerd
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Character matters, telling the truth matters, being a good person matters.
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South Africa’s shared narrative has unraveled to a point where it is difficult to say what our common story and thus value system is.
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In countries where people have been given free choice on how they behave in the pandemic, such as wearing masks, many have chosen not to, leading to a lockdown. Melanie Verwoerd writes that South Africans need to be careful, otherwise we could go back to a hard lockdown.
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