Has he been preparing us for good news that a further relaxation to level 3 is not far off … or was he preparing us for more time before we get our 'parole'?
President Cyril Ramaphosa poses for a picture accompanying his weekly message to the country, ‘From the Desk of the President’. 30 March 2020. Picture: Presidency of South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been “missing in action” nationally for almost two weeks since he announced the easing of lockdown restrictions to level 4 on the government’s “risk adjusted strategy”.
So what, then, to make of his regular letter to the nation yesterday? Was he preparing us for good news that a further relaxation to level 3 is not far off … or was he preparing us for more time before we get our “parole”? In an oblique way – in referring first to other countries – Ramaphosa said the SA government “had to heed calls for economic activity to resume”. That in itself is a subtle departure from the “government knows what’s good for you” approach the National Coronavirus Command Council has hitherto adopted.
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