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21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa
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By giving the impression that your local supermarket would be open as normal Cyril Ramaphosa basically lied. It will be open but the politburo will decide what you can and cannot buy from it.
This now far exceeds the realm of what is strictly necessary to fight the spread of the virus.
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Pisses me off because we were told not to panic buy. I got nothing. I did my big shop end of last and decided i will do it when the panic is over. The shops will be quiet and mostly stocked.
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It's counterintuitive - all it's doing (right now) is massively spreading it because of the panic buying the rules are causing
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Yet clothing is technically essential?
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No, the government wants the rich and poor to be wearing rags in 21 days time.
BTW, no mention of laundromats. I don't have a washing machine, and will run out of clean clothes long before the lockdown ends...
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Exactly. It's getting more retarded by the day.
Steamy Tom
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Well you not going anywhere so wear the undies both sides
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Maybe the president isn't in charge. The security cluster in cabinet were the ones that drew up the regulations...
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Just wanted to say that they should have let one guy do the talking. Everyone else should just have said it will be addressed.
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I already do that, remember we had water restrictions in Cape Town not long ago. There's only so many times you can wear the same pair of underpants! I guess there's always the bath and sunlight soap option...
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braailekker11
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Jeez, where is this based in?
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Should be: Pick n Pay Hypermarket Faerie Glen (pta east)
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So listened to the **** storm of a showdown. cigarettes is not a basic good? shops are not allowed to sell non basic goods so assume it means if i didn't stock up on smokes i am fooked? seems Govt is really over stepping on some points.
You are being absolutely ridiculous, do you really expect the draft to list every single item that you can buy. Please use some common sense and stop panicking.
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The way CR introduced and explained the lockdown it would have had a good chance of working and being complied with without too much force, the way it has been gazetted will be its undoing, needing heavy handed enforcement.
I don't have a good feeling about this.
I don't have a good feeling about this.