Former minister of finance Trevor Manuel
said government s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was imperfect and some mishaps could have been avoided.
He added that it was very difficult to plan for the pandemic as it was something only seen in history books.
Manuel said because of vaccine nationalism, poor countries have to battle to secure vaccines
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Former minister of finance and current Old Mutual chairperson Trevor Manuel says government s response to the pandemic was imperfect and some mishaps could have been avoided, while others were out of its control.
Manuel addressed the Centre for Development and Enterprise s webinar which was themed SA and the next five years: How do we resolve our political and economic crises? on Thursday.
Manuel concerned reforms being hamstrung by a confederation of tsarisms in Cabinet
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