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I have a different opinion about these lockdown. This is after the Minister told us the country is broke.
Being broke and with only 20bn in foreign reserves, how are we gonna afford to feed people in their homes for another month? [Thread]
Being broke and with only 20bn in foreign reserves, how are we gonna afford to feed people in their homes for another month? [Thread]
Also given that we spend over 260 million in employee subsidies?
After another month more companies will close, more will kick employees out meaning more will need food and support.
After another month more companies will close, more will kick employees out meaning more will need food and support.
Meanwhile, we are not really collecting tax, tourism is at zero and diamonds revenue are also near zero
Let’s open up the country. We will deal with consequences. Then mandatorily quarantine and isolate everyone with the virus, and their families, girlfriends and friends.
We will be in trouble. Serious trouble. And look, we collapse everything because we have 23 cases. No.Fuck this virus. We survived aids. We can have people fall sick. Only 2 percent will die. So what?The economic collapse will
Kill More than two percent of us
In various ways.
Kill More than two percent of us
In various ways.
Kana I’ve spent past few days touring kgaolo ka phone. Why do we lockdown Goo tau? Lerala, Majwaneng etc? You easily could stage road blocks to avoid importation of cases if any.
Some of these places are low low low risk
Some of these places are low low low risk
Allow the small economy in those places to run.
Allow the old women to Gather Phane there, to take care of their goats and harvests without hassles
You know,23 is gonna cost us billions of money. Because is this: we won’t afford health care for no malaria, we won’t build new hospitals and clinic hence more people will not access quality services compared to if we’d saved money;
more people will Probably die from depression and stress related illnesses, more will
Suffer violence out of stress, some may even commit suicide etc.
Suffer violence out of stress, some may even commit suicide etc.
And I mean phane In risk free areas. Kana Koore we like bo starring. People are far in the Bush, Isolated and you consfiscate phane ya bone What are they going to eat all year? How are they going to buy uniforms for their kids? Govt won’t be able to afford these things.
