Putting out fires: Can Ramaphosa inspire hope for a future beyond Covid-19?

The pandemic is the most immediate crisis and it must be dealt with before any plans for the future can be pursued. Just this week government announced that it will hold off on using the one million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, that were recently delivered to the country – this after a trial found it was less effective than the Covid-19501Y.V2 variant which has been most common amid the second-wave infections.