DA calls on Ramaphosa to address SA on 'lockdown crisis'
Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation on what the party believes to be a lockdown crisis.
This comes after the opposition leader threatened government with legal action should they continue with the nationwide lockdown.
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Steenhuisen says it has been 19 days since the last presidential address.
"We call on the president to address the nation regularly – at least once a week – and that these briefings should include the opportunity to answer questions from the media.
"He has been missing in action and has left it to a handful of ministers to communicate the questionable decisions of the National Command Council."
Steenhuisen believes that 19 days is a long time in the context of a lockdown.
"Every day that our economy has remained shut has cost our country billions of rands.”
The country has just entered its sixth week of regulated lockdown.