Lockdown rules provide opportunities for criminal activity
Any draconian regulations will invite black-market trading in both the public and private sectors
23 April 2020 - 14:16
In SA's second phase of lockdown a variety of social problems have emerged, most notably that of hunger and economic desperation in vulnerable communities.
Sickeningly, some in local government have taken advantage of this by selling phoney permits for trade, forming part of what is emerging as a class of “underpreneurs”; a term coined by journalist Gus Silber as “a new breed of SA entrepreneur operating under the radar to offer customers alcohol, cigarettes, and possibly, roast chicken, during lockdown. A thriving new economic subcategory”...
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