Readers’Views
When can we stop wearing masks, or will it be shapkas now?
All I want to know at this stage is this: after more than two years of being smothered by a mask, when can I finally take this damn thing off my face?
The science no longer supports this, whether indoors or outdoors, and most experts agree that mask mandates should be dropped in their entirety.
Knowing how this government rolls, I’m certain that at most we can expect outdoor mask-wearing to be relaxed — something I have never complied with because that would just be plain dumb (unless in a large gathering or close proximity to others) — similar to wearing a mask while driving in a car by yourself, which, unbelievably, many people still do.
As for indoor mask-wearing, maybe another year or two before this goes?
Now that winter is approaching, perhaps the ANC comrades could throw in new mandates for us to wear furry Russian shapkas while they’re at it. Mark Khoury on BusinessLIVE
Adding fuel to the fire
News that the government is considering measures to shield consumers from the impact of surging oil prices refers.
If our esteemed politicians implement a max amount of fuel per customer, petrol will go the same way as illegal cigarettes and booze. Don’t they ever learn? — Andrea Robertson on
BusinessLIVE
Reminds me of the old days, when you couldn’t buy fuel on a Sunday. If you were travelling on a Sunday, you would save up fuel during the week. You could only buy 5l at a time, in a closed container, for your lawnmower.
Just shows, as much as things change, they remain the same. — Deductive Logic on BusinessLIVE
Mondi’s ‘pathetic excuse’
The article “Mondi mulls ways to stay in Russia” (March 13) refers.
Many of the world’s recognisable corporations are taking economic pain to show support for Ukrainians by implementing sanctions against Russia, while Mondi is using the pathetic excuse of legal obligations to avoid making a morally correct move to cease its operations in Russia.
I say pathetic, because in this war, where legal obligations are the least of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s concerns, the corporations that have taken a stance have decided that showing moral support for the Ukrainians, who are facing a life-anddeath battle, is the least they can do.
Even as I am sure many of them have as serious legal obligations as Mondi.