But in many respects, 2021 was harder: people yearned for a return to life before 2020. But in South Africa – vaccine acquisition was slow, and then the Minister of Health was mired in controversy and accusations of corruption. Once vaccines were acquired rollout was slow, along with confoundingly reluctant uptake following the public's initial clamour for vaccine acquisition. With contributions by former head of the South African Secret Service, Moe Shaik, Wits School of Governance's Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, and Lawson Naidoo and Dan Mafora from the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac). South African politics as we know it has explodedWith contributions by University of Pretoria's Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, and News24 columnists Mpumelelo Mkhabela and Dr Ebrahim Harvey.

Source: News 24 December 31, 2021 09:01 UTC