Ramaphosa Sends COVID-19 Warning Ahead Of Easter Weekend

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA|

OVER the course of the next few days and weeks, many South Africans of faith will join others across the world in important religious observances. Members of the Jewish faith are celebrating Pesach, Christians will observe Easter and Muslims will soon start the holy month of Ramadan.
 
For the second year, they will mark these occasions in the midst of a devastating global pandemic that has cost the lives of more than 2.5 million people across the world.
 
At this moment, it is worth recalling the writings of the eminent reformer and clergyman Martin Luther nearly 500 years ago, when the bubonic plague was cutting a devastating swathe across much of Europe.
 
In a letter dated 1527, Luther writes about the responsibilities of members of the clergy and of all people of faith during a deadly plague.
 
Much of the letter is about religious