After the lockdown. We saw its effectiveness. Number of Corona virus cases increased but not that much. So the only way was for only essential workers to keep going to work so that essential goods can be provided.
Now the government is saying hotels & guests houses can work. Taxis can load a full capacity only if passengers are having surgical masks(that they don't even afford) and people can travel from province to province.
The President called for a lockdown because the situation was getting worse. But now that everything will be going back to normal but still regarded as a "lockdown" things won't end well. The virus will spread exponentially and once it does with the lack of hospital hell shall...
..lose. it's not even 10days yet but government officials are already choosing money over citizens lives. The economy of the country is bad yes but that's not an excuse to uplift the #21daysLockdown that they've implemented in the first place.
Just watch the numbers rise exponentially in a week because taxis are now allowed to move the whole day.

Remember a virus cannot reproduce on its own. It needs a host and Smthe South African government is giving it exactly what it needs to spread even more.
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