People queue at a food distribution point in Centurion, May 2 2020. Picture: MARCO LONGARI / AFP
Who is really being indifferent here to the plight of the growing millions of South Africans who, by the hour, have less money, less food, poorer health and deepening long-term vulnerability with no obvious saviour in sight? In his letter to the editor, my colleague, Gabriel Crouse, has already exposed Lagardien’s cynical elision in imputing to the IRR opinions on the WHO expressed by a columnist commissioned by the institute’s online media platform, Daily Friend, in a piece that made clear his opinions were his own .
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