21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

[ponder]

Interesting. General stores will only be allowed to sell essential items even if they stock other stuff.

What's the point in that? So you can buy bread but can't pick up a chocolate and magazine in the same shop? It's fscking stupid beyond belief.

 

[MeroD]

Interesting. General stores will only be allowed to sell essential items even if they stock other stuff.

So a little panic buying wasn't such a bad idea after all.

 

[Geoff.D]

Freaking toilet starts backing up now sigh. Hopefully can get a plumber in tomorrow

Time to learn how to DIY your own blocked drains. Be prepared to sleep in the outside dog kennel for a week afterwards.

 

[Mila]

Someone said it encourages gatherings. Think township and rural.

Thats racist

 

[Mila]

I hate when I’m treated like a child because people are idiots.
Ffs.

 

[Mila]

This is now a bunch of bullies in charge.
Slow down the economy more will you.
Why would they limit what we buy?
If i want to buy 5000 lipsticks let me biy it its good for the economy

Retards running the asylum

 

[SAguy]

This is now a bunch of bullies in charge.
Slow down the economy more will you.
Why would they limit what we buy?
If i want to buy 5000 lipsticks let me biy it its good for the economy

Retards running the asylum

If that list is strict then we can't even buy deodorant it seems

 

[daveza]

Why no alcohol? They know we are going to need it cooped up with our spouses

Alcohol affects your immune system.

 

[Mila]

If that list is strict then we can't even buy deodorant it seems

Retards, or is this the end goal of the ANC?

They shouted from the roof tops do not panic buy!
So I didn’t, because I’ll get everything.
Now we didn’t and are screwed because we didn’t panic.

 

[Mila]

Alcohol affects your immune system.

We are not sick.
Most of the country isn’t sick.
I don’t even drink and I’m upset by the stupidity of this

 

[SAguy]

Still wrapping my brain around the thought of not being able to walk my dog for the next three weeks...
It's a bucketload of energy to try get out of her in the yard, she's used to running hard and free on a field for nearly 2 hours every day


Yeah yeah, all the none dog people don't give a shît and think those with dogs are being selfish - but it's going to be tough.

 

[Lupus]

We are not sick.
Most of the country isn’t sick.
I don’t even drink and I’m upset by the stupidity of this

This is what a lot of people have been saying, yet you'll have the people saying Italy said the same thing and look at them blah.

 

[Sinbad]

Lots of high functioning alcoholics around it seems.

 

[Mila]

This is what a lot of people have been saying, yet you'll have the people saying Italy said the same thing and look at them blah.

It was their choice wasn’t it.
And if you don’t have a car?
No walking to the store

 

[Sinbad]

It was their choice wasn’t it.
And if you don’t have a car?
No walking to the store

Uber.

 

[daveza]

Uber.

There is no Uber.

 

[Sinbad]

There is no Uber.

There is Uber (and minibus taxis) for essential use from 5am to 9am, and 4pm to 8pm

 

[daveza]

My bad.

Minibus taxis, as well as Uber and Bolt, will be banned from the roads except from 05h00 to 09h00 and from 16h00 to 20h00 during the lockdown.

Doesn't really help that much.

You get to Checkers at 8.30, if you don't get past the till by 9am you wait till 4pm for a lift home.

 

[Sinbad]

My bad.



Doesn't really help that much.

You get to Checkers at 8.30, if you don't get past the till by 9am you wait till 4pm for a lift home.

There will be discussions with the dti and retailers to extend hours to cater for this

 

[MrGray]

So my local Checkers has a hardware and clothing section but by law they will not be allowed to sell me anything from those areas because the law says they’re not essential goods??

I can’t buy chemicals for the pool, let alone a bottle of wine - and by the way, the nicotine addicted might want to stock up as I have a feeling cigarettes are not covered by the list unless they are considered “food”.

I’m sorry, but this whole thing is veering away from a well intended attempt to curtail the virus to totalitarian bullying and the imposition of some sort of moralistic value judgement on the population.