DA: Ramaphosa must provide date for end of lockdown, state of disaster
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has demanded a date from President Cyril Ramaphosa for the end to all lockdown restrictions and the national state of disaster.
Ramaphosa has eased the lockdown restrictions on Sunday evening by moving the country to level 2.
But DA leader John Steenhuisen says the date for an end of lockdown would help businesses plan accordingly.
“If business owners know that there will be no more restrictions and curfews on the 15th of November, they can try to make plans to bridge their business over the period until then.
“If President Ramaphosa does not think this is what needs to happen, he must give his and his government’s reasons why not. South Africans have made extraordinary sacrifices in order to comply with restrictions and regulations that are seldom explained or justified.
“The president needs to take citizens into his confidence and let them know precisely why these sacrifices must continue.”
Steenhuisen says the government should also consider regional restrictions.
“Infection trends and vaccination rates differ greatly across different parts of the country and there is no single, neat wave that applies to the entire country or even entire provinces.
“Coupled with this, some areas have sufficient hospital capacity to no longer warrant restrictions. It is extremely selfish to subject South Africans to more unnecessary economic hardship when the local conditions do not justify this.”
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