Be warned

OPINION: Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood on a controversial new campaign to fix the Eastern Cape's health system - and why a new health report should come with a warning label.

OPINION: Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood on a controversial new campaign to fix the Eastern Cape's health system - and why a new health report should come with a warning label.
There is something upsetting about the way politicians trouped to the scene and family of the young woman whose gang rape shocked our country so profoundly several weeks ago. The hyperbole, crocodile tears and feet stamping felt more like politicians who feel duty bound to be seen to respond to a tragedy than genuine grief. It is hard to feel sympathy with their sympathy because in the management of their political portfolios many councillors, MPs and Ministers overlook the circumstances that place young girls at daily risk.