“Nobody goes to work and no-one moves. Then the economy opens up again for a particular period of time and then it closes again. So at least there is predictability and you can control infections in that way.”
The noises coming out of Gauteng, the country’s economic engine, will be of great concern to citizens who have been asked to make great sacrifices since the imposition of a national lockdown in March. Just to rewind, Ramaphosa said at the time that the lockdown was necessary to slow the spread of Covid-19 so that when the surge in cases came, the country’s health system would be prepared.
Makhura himself has in the past pointed out what the provincial government is suggesting now — different lockdowns for different parts of the province won’t work. Could there realistically be a different regime for Soweto and Sandton, for example? What would happen to a worker who resides in Tshwane, which might be closed, but needs to be in Auckland Park, which might be open, for work?
Granted the government has made some mistakes with the regulations and there are specific relaxations that could be reversed without much of an economic costs. The decision, for example, to allow religious gatherings could not have been based on any sound science, and even leaders of religious bodies were reluctant to allow congregations to resume.
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