“Even the people of faith where boldness is supposed to be found, suddenly the faith that they used to have in the almighty God is not there any more. People are fear-stricken.”
Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng used these words in an analogy to describe how the power of messaging by leaders had caused fear around the world during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mogoeng said words spoken to family, the community, a nation and the global community were immensely powerful. To demonstrate the power of words, he cited the pandemic. “Leaders saying so many people are affected by coronavirus, so many people are going to die. They are even prophesying they know how many people are going to die. I don't know how they know that,” he added.
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