Level 4 of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations, which has seen some easing of stringent measures that were in place for over a month during the hard lockdown.
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While these have wrecked an already ailing economy, many agree it had to be done to buy the government time to prepare for the worst and for South Africans to adjust to the new normal.
As of Tuesday evening, 206 South Africans have died due to Covid-19, with 11 350 being infected.
Another ANC stalwart, Mavuso Msimang, also raised concerns over law enforcement, saying he had not heard Police Minister Bheki Cele addressing issues raised by members of the public around police brutality strongly enough.
“It’s very important that the South African government is not seen as bullying ordinary people. We should not have been seeing what the army has been doing,” said Msimanga.
“It is not nice seeing someone die and it is put down to the army.”
Msimang and former Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Dr Fazel Randera have both expressed broad support for Ramaphosa’s efforts to control the spread of Covid-19, but have also cautioned law enforcement against going too far.
Randera told News24 it was important for the government to observe citizens’ rights during this lockdown and cautioned against police heavy-handedness.
“We can’t frog march people to hotels and other places when they are capable of self-isolating in their own environments,” he said.
