Scientists, business and labour have delivered a stark warning to the government to fast-track the easing of lockdown restrictions, saying they are having little or no effect on stemming infections - but are killing the economy.
"Members of the MAC are welcome to share their personal views, both in MAC meetings and publicly," he said.
"As business collectively we would have loved to move to level 2. We believe it is at level 2 where there will be a major liftoff in the economy." Matthew Parks, of labour federation Cosatu, said they were keen on reopening the economy so that workers could return to work and take care of their families."You can't run an economy forever on food parcels and UIF [the Unemployment Insurance Fund]; those things will come to an end."
Nedbank CEO and Banking Association president Mike Brown said:"SA's level 4 has been a unique country approach - product by product, sector by sector - that fails to recognise the interconnections of value chains in the economy and is overly complex."
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