Makhura said he understood calls that the economy be opened, but it had to be done carefully, with processes aimed at protecting employees in place.
While Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he believes his province is ready for level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown, that decision will still be made by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Coronavirus Command Council .
On Tuesday, Makhura told the Gauteng Legislature that the entire province would move to level 3 in June. He said it couldn’t work for some parts of the country’s economic hub to be on level 3, while others remained on level 4 or some even shifted to level 2 as regions and districts were all interconnected.
It’s understood he made a recommendation to Ramaphosa on Saturday on his view that all districts in Gauteng should be on the same level. “It just isn’t practical to try a disjointed move. In Gauteng, some areas are separated by a street, our cities are not two hours or so apart from one another. It makes sense for a single approach to the entire province,” said the Gauteng ANC PEC member.
These include social distancing, sanitisers and, where possible, the provision of personal protective equipment.The premier added that those taking chances were putting the lives of employees at risk.
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