While South Africans took to social media to welcome President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lifting of the alcohol and tobacco ban, opposition parties and some organisations were less than pleased with the announcement.
DA leader John Steenhisen. Picture: Felix Dlangamandla
“The president had been warned by the country and the world’s foremost experts to act differently, but he succumbed to pressure from his corrupt comrades and could not resist the temptation to hold on to power in an irrational manner.” “The lockdown, along with the state of disaster that was again extended for 30 days, only serves to place power and control in a few hands and bypasses government’s legislative arm entirely. Whether they call it level one, two, three or six, it doesn’t matter. It should not be there at all,” he said.
Like AfriForum, Steenhuisen said that the easing of certain restrictions during level 2, including permitting inter-provincial travel “is not something for which government should now be praised or thanked”. He said the remaining restrictions, including “the ban on international travel, the senseless 10pm curfew and limited school attendance, must all be lifted immediately.”
While political parties were not happy with Ramaphosa’s announcement to move the country to level 2, Business for South Africa welcomed it. To thank the president for relaxing the lockdown measures would be like a prisoner thanking his kidnapper when he is set free. We are not suffering from Stockholm syndromeOn Saturday, prior to Ramaphosa’s address, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extended the Covid-19 national state of disaster by another 30 days, to September 15.
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