The premier sketched a picture of the economic devastation facing the province, which will change lockdown levels as a whole.
Premier David Makhura said Gauteng will move to a less restrictive lockdown level from next month.Gauteng will move to a less restrictive lockdown level at the beginning of June, premier David Makhura said on Tuesday. that Makhura addressed a virtual sitting of the Gauteng provincial legislature in which he sketched a picture of the economic devastation facing the province, which ordinarily contributes more than a third to the country’s GDP.
The province was initially the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, but has benefited greatly from the lockdown, which closed OR Tambo and Lanseria airports. In terms of food security, Makura said more than 600,000 people in the province, which is the most populous in SA, have received help in the form of food parcels from the provincial government since the lockdown was imposed at the end of March.
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