21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

[ld13]

Those army dudes were dancing quite close to each other, after the speech... Safezone? Social distancing? [Triggered]

 

[Aghori]

SANDF and SAPS arrested a few people walking together on my road. They're thrown into quarantine according to the army officer I had a chat with.

 

[Brian_G]

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[Swa]

How can some businesses still be selling certain stuff? Is the sale of non-essential goods not prohibited, even if delivered later? They are flaunting the rules and getting a competitive advantage.

 

[Geoff.D]

Let us hope that the authorities sort this out quickly. Either there is some sound covid 19 reason associated with the prohibition or there is not. If there is then yes it makes sense if not what are they doing?
Let shops sell what is in their stores and when supplies are exhausted, the sale stops.
Some goods are possibly not going to be manufactured during the period so that could be a reason. Beyond that, what harm can there be?
It is this sort of stupidity that distracts attention from the real issues.

 

[semaphore]

How can some businesses still be selling certain stuff? Is the sale of non-essential goods not prohibited, even if delivered later? They are flaunting the rules and getting a competitive advantage.

Like what items?

 

[rietrot]

How can some businesses still be selling certain stuff? Is the sale of non-essential goods not prohibited, even if delivered later? They are flaunting the rules and getting a competitive advantage.

The objective of the lockdown is to stop the spread of Carona. Not to completely fsckup the economy. So if someone can still do business with the above in mind then good for them.

 

[pinball wizard]

Like what items?

Penis enlargement pills.

 

[daveza]

Penis enlargement pills.

Must be a Gauteng thing, never seen those down here.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Many amendments are currently underway, many which allow movement under explicit rule. How are the police and army going to cope with these changes?

 

[daveza]

Many amendments are currently underway, many which allow movement under explicit rule. How are the police and army going to cope with these changes?

1 soldier per town... not sure he will be able to do much.

 

[Fulcrum29]

1 soldier per town... not sure he will be able to do much.

Still, many things which have been said yesterday isn’t how it is today. The lawmakers are extremely busy at the moment, and though we have a Disaster Management Act it was clearly unattended up to the week a lockdown was announced. No proper planning was in place.

At the moment, one too many ministers have talked nonsense, a lot which the public has consumed, gazetted, only to be amended a day or moments later, and these ministers don’t come back to correct themselves and do tell which ordinary citizens read the government gazette? The best part is, the government under their own rule is the one and all authority on this.

It isn’t like the media is investigative at the moment, all they want are the clicks.

 

[Düber]

One thing I can't figure out is that should you use a taxi or Uber to go to the shops, lets say at 8:30, are you going to be stuck at the shops until 16:00?

 

[pinball wizard]

One thing I can't figure out is that should you use a taxi or Uber to go to the shops, lets say at 8:30, are you going to be stuck at the shops until 16:00?

You are. Unless the taxi's just do what they usually do and disregard any law put before them.

 

[Düber]

You are. Unless the taxi's just do what they usually do and disregard any law put before them.

Awesome for prevention that!

 

[pinball wizard]

Awesome for prevention that!

Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll just loiter around in the shop/parking for 7 or so hours. Great.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Seeing the miscommunication between our ministries. The Disaster Management action plan has clearly demonstrated that we have too many ministries. There is clear misrepresentation within our governance. Many lessons to be learned through these ‘dark’ times. I hope Ramaphosa takes notice and isn't shocked.

 

[theratman]

Seeing the miscommunication between our ministries. The Disaster Management action plan has clearly demonstrated that we have too many ministries. There is clear misrepresentation within our governance. Many lessons to be learned through these ‘dark’ times. I hope Ramaphosa takes notice and isn't shocked.

Agreed, I'm sure the reality is even worse than what the public sees.

 

[daveza]

Day 1 and I can see this unraveling before it barely begins.

The leafy suburbs are holding but everywhere else is ignoring it.

The govt thought they would have control with 2000 troops across the country - jeez, that's just top-level stupid.

I doubt even Martial Law would work now.

 

[Willie Trombone]