21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

[MidnightZA]

Doesn't matter; there won't be people entering the business.
Of course, they only need to close if its a brick and mortar store. Online businesses continue as normal.

Its a company where my friend works (Construction sector). The employers said they will not close. No mention of the repercussions if they dont show up for work. Im assuming they will either not pay them or fire them

 

[Brian_G]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1242331586122649605

There - official confirmation. Lockdown begins at 23:59 on Thursday Night

Those who don't know - Athi Geleba is head of digital communications for the ANC. Proof enough for me.
/done

 

[Craig_]

Clearly Thursday. How are you not getting this?

I'm starting to believe that IQ map more and more everyday.

 

[ghostRgg]

The country is going into lockdown and people can't even understand how time works and such. Slightly concerning but stay safe out there guys, I heard some hell going down at the local clicks.

 

[Priapus]

I'm starting to believe that IQ map more and more everyday.

I just don't understand how this is confusing.

 

[ijacobs3]

what i am trying to understand, our connection to our office ( thanks to vodacom ) is off and on, and from time to time, i need to manually switch connections. For the sake of business continuity , and our "data center" will i be allowed to go to work to do this?

 

[Priapus]

Its a company where my friend works (Construction sector). The employers said they will not close. No mention of the repercussions if they dont show up for work. Im assuming they will either not pay them or fire them

Well, best of luck to them if they fire people for no show.

 

[Priapus]

what i am trying to understand, our connection to our office ( thanks to vodacom ) is off and on, and from time to time, i need to manually switch connections. For the sake of business continuity , and our "data center" will i be allowed to go to work to do this?

No.

 

[Craig_]

I just don't understand how this is confusing.

I think they are just trying to be difficult. No way that's difficult to understand.

 

[DWPTA]

Clearly Thursday. How are you not getting this?

So to your logic time goes:
23h59 Thursday
00h00 Thursday
?

 

[Lupus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1242331586122649605

There - official confirmation. Lockdown begins at 23:59 on Thursday Night

That's not midnight of the 26th, that's midnight of the 27th. They are that stupid they don't even know how to tell time.

 

[DWPTA]

Anyways going to leave it there according to that twitter feed midnight = 23h59 to government/

 

[DWPTA]

That's not midnight of the 26th, that's midnight of the 27th. They are that stupid they don't even know how to tell time.

Exactly

 

[dualmeister]

Still on about time. Unwatches thread.

 

[ijacobs3]

No.

i would have to respectfully disagree there..

• Enabling Services

To assist in the Covid19 response, the following services are required to continue operations:

• All healthcare related services be they public or private.
• Call centres providing life and health; energy, food and water supply, social, transactional, communications, law and order and international critical business continuity services.
• Professional and artisan services, to the extent that they are providing support in the Covid19 response, essential and critical business continuity services.

We currently undergoing a SARS Audit, i would deem that critical to the business?

 

[RedViking]

99% of people can't get the following answers correct. Can you?

1. Is the glass half empty or half full?

2. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

3. Thursday Midnight. Does it start Thursday 00:01 or Thursday 23:59?

 

[RedViking]

Still on about time. Unwatches thread.

@dualmeister just tagging you to make sure you don't miss and important post.

 

[maumau]

There is no certainty, but I'm now going with Fri..
We've seen copies of 2 political tweets - one claimed it's from start of Thurs., the other claimed start of Fri.
We also heard from @Geoff.D that SABC confirmed it's the latter. Isn't the SABC their spokespersons?...

It's amazing how people don't understand the concept of time. Fank fnuck they don't have run cronjobs.
PS. 00h00 belongs to Thursday. So from Thursday we are in lock down mode.

SABC CONFIRMED WE CAN MOVE AROUND ON THURSDAY. WHEN YOU WAKE UP ON FRIDAY DON'T GO OUT.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Apparently Dischems are packed, my wife went to get her meds and they were packed, the Woolworths had a queue rapping around the center, also the butchery was out of mince :-(

Pretty much, the same centre the queue already started before their opening time and we passed.

 

[2023]

99% of people can't get the following answers correct. Can you?

1. Is the glass half empty or half full?

2. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

3. Thursday Midnight. Does it start Thursday 00:01 or Thursday 23:59?

Even better:

99% of people can't get the following answers correct. Can you? (You'll never believe the answer to number 3!)