WATCH: Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma says harder lockdown after the elections is not on the cards yet

The Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has calmed the nerves of South Africans.

Her assurance comes as some fear that the fully packed political rallies in the run-up to the elections on Monday could be super-spreader events that could trigger the National Coronavirus Command Council to impose the harder lockdown after the elections.

“A lockdown is not a random action,” Dlamini Zuma said. “We look at the figures, how many people are getting infected; we get advice from , we get advice from the advisory council. So if the figures remain as they are, there shouldn’t be any harder lockdown. So, it will depend on how the figures behave.”

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