Yet, it would be mistaken to think that democracy guarantees good judgement. If the purveyors of conspiracy theories and exemplars of prejudice are also your democratic leaders, democracy itself cannot resolve things. The second is the decision to allow religious gatherings to resume under lockdown level 3. It is well known – cases abound from South Africa to South Korea – that, like funerals, large religious gatherings are super-spreading events. Ramaphosa’s good leadership has been undermined by a paternalistic attitude to people’s needs and seeming deference to South Africa’s powerful religious lobby.

Source: The Star June 07, 2020 09:22 UTC