December 2019, unassuming South Africa celebrated various victories as a force to be reckoned with. Zozi was Miss Universe, Siya led the nation to victory in the Rugby World Cup and the country was set for what seemed like a great 2020. Meanwhile, China had reported to the World Health Organisation a “pneumonia of unknown causes”. Fast forward a few months, 27 cases of ‘pneumonia on steroids” turned into 18 million and climbing reported cases, causing more than 703k deaths, having been declared a pandemic, COVID-19 was now the captain.

Etienne JosephOctober 13, 2020