South Africa in Race to Roll Out Vaccine - Carte Blanche Tonight
Tonight on Carte Blanche, presenter Macfarlane Moleli asks: “As we face a second wave, and confirmed COVID-19 infections and deaths are rising, government finds itself in a race to roll out a vaccine. But will government be able to provide the vaccine to enough people before 2021 comes to a close?”
You can watch the show on Sunday 10 January in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from Tues 12 January if you’re abroad.
The rapid development of several COVID-19 vaccines has provided the world with some hope in the ongoing battle against the deadly virus. India, Israel and the United Kingdom have been quick out the blocks in the race to vaccinate millions of their population. But South Africa still doesn’t have a single dose of a safe vaccine and experts are warning that government is dragging its feet.
First published in Daily Maverick 168 Weekly Newspaper
First you might dangle some carrots in front of an impoverished rural community. Then you might pin potential job losses associated with those carrots on the environmental activists who oppose, say, the mining company claiming to offer those jobs. This might have consequences.
In the case of Our Burning Planet Hero of the Year Fikile Ntshangase, attorney Kirsten Youens and several environmental organisations have suggested that this, at least, was a strategy employed by a coal miner operating alongside rural communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Representing the interests of families living on Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve’s eastern border, Youens accused coal miner Tendele of inciting violence among a “deeply divided” local people. Tendele has repeatedly denied this accusation.
Assassination of land activists a consequence of land reform failure by the ANC
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) is raising national alarm over a growing trend where land activists are becoming victims of assassination due to years of unresolved land disputes and a lethargic approach to land reform by the ANC government.