Covid-19 Business Watch
WATCH: Will lockdown pragmatism prevail?
Business Day TV’s Michael Avery talks to a panel of experts about the coronavirus lockdown and the decline in public confidence
21 May 2020 - 15:35
As the death toll and infection rates from Covid-19 rise, the arbitrary nature of some of the regulations introduced, combined with increasing criticism from the government’s scientific advisers, is undermining public confidence.
The argument is that we simply cannot afford to keep the economy shut or we risk destroying the tax base SA will need to rely on to continue the fight. ..
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