Decision expected at weekend on possible reintroduction of hard lockdown for Gauteng

The spectre of a hard lockdown again looms over Gauteng as the government’s National Coronavirus Command Council meets at the weekend to decide how to stem the spike of cases across the province.

The spectre of a hard lockdown again looms over Gauteng as the government’s National Coronavirus Command Council meets this weekend to decide how to stem the spike of cases across the province.

“The problem is that the initial, lengthy level 5 lockdown has arguably used up whatever little economic and fiscal resources we had, so the government is in a difficult position. “The NCCC has lost credibility and that is why illicit tobacco is everywhere and people walk around without masks.” “Localised lockdown is the wrong language,” says Van den Heever. “It should be localised strategies, that are different to where the clusters are.

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