Is SA experiencing a never-ending national state of disaster?
on Wednesday called on the national government to end it as it is negatively affecting the economy and livelihoods.
“If we want to recover and create jobs, we can’t be in a state of disaster indefinitely. That’s why I asked for transparency on the road map to end it. Given the response received today, it is clear that there is no plan. This is a problem that needs to be addressed urgently,” he said. Speaking late last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said if it were up to him the national state of disaster would have been lifted already.
“I wish it could end today. I really wish we could say the state of disaster has ended but we are guided by science and the science of the pandemic and the advisory committee advises us on all this. But there is fear and concern that there could be another wave. “And what if tomorrow I announced that the national state of disaster ended, and then another wave cometh and then we have got to go back to another state of disaster again. So we have reduced and lightened the restrictions on the state of disaster to enable the economy to go back to where it was pre-Covid and, to a large extent, I think that is now beginning to happen,” he said.
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