Commuters in Soweto are not entirely convinced by the government's attempts to curb the spread of Covid-19 by introducing walk-in sanitation tunnels.
This comes after the Johannesburg mayor, Geoff Makhubo, and the Gauteng transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo oversaw the implementation of the tunnels and other social distancing innovations at the Bara Taxi Rank in Diepkloof.
“There are hundreds of people who walk here everyday but they wont walk through the tunnel. You can see right now that there are people who are walking on the other side of the road where this machine is not placed,” Lephalala said. Another commuter Nkanyiso Fuzile said it would be difficult to channel every commuter through the sanitation tunnel.
“The reason the liquid does not contain alcohol is that we dont want alcohol to be blown into the air - alcohol is an irritant and is flammable,” Mokoena said.
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