21-day nationwide lockdown announced for South Africa

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Fulcrum29 said:
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.
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The media are fully aware of these contradictions, but they have to wait for the government to sort out the mess:
www.dailymaverick.co.za

OPINIONISTA: Lockdown laws: The Good, The Bad and The Vague

Lockdown regulations promulgated on Wednesday in terms of the Disaster Management Act are not always as clear as they could have been, but they should work if those who enforce them and those bound by them act in good faith and with a sense of solidarity. But that is a big ‘if’.
www.dailymaverick.co.za www.dailymaverick.co.za
 
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daveza said:
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.
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If those in the leafy suburbs behave responsibly and civilised as they are supposed to, the government can be able to deploy more personnel to where it's needed most.
 
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Nothing in Gardens/Cape Town. Took a walk to Checkers earlier. Saw an ADT bakkie and that was about it. Checkers was a dream, well stocked and very few customers :) Took the long route home and there were very few people about.
 
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semaphore said:
Like what items?
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Like HiFi Corp advertising entertainment stuff but saying it will be delivered after the lockdown.

rietrot said:
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.
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No, the ban on sale of non-basic goods is precisely to stop movement. Now a shop is claiming they can still sell them even if they don't deliver them now. Not just does it give them an edge over shops that have to close but if shops can use the excuse they sell basic goods so they can stay open to sell other goods that will cause increased movement into these stores. Yes I get the point about the economy but we are all equal here. It's mostly the big shops that will now benefit while the smaller ones lose out even more. That's just my perspective.
 
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Won't know until Tuesday IF I am allowed to walk to the gate of our complex to pick up the local Record.
 
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