LETTER: All work is essential

The lockdown is effectively a bowl placed over the very weak and oxygen-deprived flame that is the SA economy. All sectors, and especially the people who comprise the economy, need to be allowed to breathe.

Given the seriousness and potentially devastating impact of the coronavirus, one can understand government’s fear of the damage it could cause in SA. But understanding that fear does not mean we should lose sight of the immense harm being caused by the economic and societal lockdown...